SOFÍA DURRIEU AT MALBA
Sofía Durrieu’s new performative sculpture/situation Arco reflejo V – Ren dao is on view at Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) as part of the exhibition Del Cielo a Casa, curated by Sebastian Adamo, Leandro Chiappa, Gustavo Eandi, Marcelo Faiden, Carolina Muzi, Veronica Rossi, Juan Ruades, Martin Wolfson and Paula Zuccotti, from March 23 to June 12, 2023.
Sofía Durrieu’s practice inhabits the interface between sculpture and performance. She examines the human body and the inherent tension between body and environment. Hereby, she explores daily routines, their interruption, and the resulting changes in perception. Her practice involves classical techniques of sculpture such as metal work and casting, as well as reorganization of everyday materials, which she inscribes with perceptual systems, habits, and automatisms. In many of her works, she invites visitors to engage physically with her sculptures and thus become part of the work.
Sofía Durrieu (*1980 Buenos Aires, Argentina, lives in Basel, Switzerland and Buenos Aires, Argentina) spent her early years in France where she trained to become a ballet dancer. She studied Fine Arts at Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires, and Graphic Design at the Faculty of Design of Buenos Aires. Later she became interested in ceramics, sculpture, yoga and performance. In 2018 she moved to Basel, Switzerland to join the Master in Fine Arts program at FHNW HGK Institut Kunst, directed by Chus Martínez, graduating in 2020.
Recent solo exhibitions of the artist were Magenmund at Palazzina, Basel, Amenities at Reaktor, Zurich, Control Remoto at Pasto Galería, Buenos Aires, and Puppet-me (or example of a five-legged walking stick) at Ruth Benzacar Gallery, Buenos Aires.
Her work has been included in several group exhibitions in Switzerland, France and Argentina, among them at Livie Gallery, Zurich, Kunsthalle Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, CEAAC Strasbourg, Federico Klemm Foundation, Buenos Aires. In February 2022 her work was part of the Performance Biennial in Parque Memorial in Buenos Aires. Sofía Durrieu’s work is featured in several important private collections in the Americas and Europe. Recently she has been awarded an Atelier Mondial residency in Tokas, Tokyo, and has been awarded the Werkbeitrag Kunstkredit Basel Stadt 2021, as well as the 2022 Swiss Art Awards. Solo exhibitions at Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires, and at Livie Gallery will take place in 2023.
For more information about Sofía Durrieu and available works, please contact us at marie@liviegallery.com.
Photos: Santiago Orti
