The artwork "La Abuela" by Tania Candiani features a delicate line drawing on a neutral canvas, emphasizing the intricate lines and patterns of an elderly woman against a backdrop of flowers. The subject's face and clothing detail suggest warmth and wisdom, with her attire displaying cultural motifs. The piece employs a minimalist and sketch-like style, highlighting texture and expression through line work. Candiani's intention likely merges traditional symbols with contemporary artistic exploration, reflecting on intergenerational wisdom and the integration of cultural heritage with modern narratives. ...
Tania Candiani’s practice engages deeply with the intersections between diverse systems of language—phonic, graphic, linguistic, symbolic, and technological. Grounded in discoveries made through non-academic research processes, her work translates these findings into both formal and discursive forms. A central thread in her practice is an expanded concept of translation, explored experimentally through visual, sound, textual, and symbolic languages. Many of her projects delve into the realm of sound and the politics of listening, treating it as a medium capable of shifting and expanding perception across human and non-human contexts. Feminist policies and practices form another key foundation of her work, approached as communal, affective, and ritual acts. Candiani frequently collaborates with interdisciplinary teams spanning art, literature, music, architecture, science, and labor, forging connections between ancestral knowledge, traditional techniques, and contemporary technologies. Through this process, she examines how histories, tools, and practices shape the production and transmission of knowledge, creating works that bridge past and present in innovative ways. ...
Instituto de Vision is a Bogotá and New York based gallery for conceptual practices. Their mission is to investigate conceptual discourses that have been neglected by the official Latin American art canon. They have recovered important estates from the Latin American art of the mid century and continue to research the most enigmatic oeuvres of the region. Through a parallel program, they represent some of the most relevant contemporary practices from Colombia, Chile, North America, Venezuela, and others. Directed by three women, Instituto de Vision gives special attention to female voices, queer theories, environmental activism, the conflicts of migration, and other critical positions that challenge the established order. Using the international art scene as a platform, they are committed to give visibility and expand the work of artists that reveal critical realities and raise important questions for these contemporary subjects. ...
