romina
rivero
84,5 x 2,13 x 14 cm. wood, metallic thread and chrome ceramic silver color
60 x 42 cm. “Awagami Kozo” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite and metallic thread
60 x 42 cm. “Awagami Kozo” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite and metallic thread
60 x 42 cm. “Awagami Kozo” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite and metallic thread
16 x 16 cm. “Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite, ink and metallic thread
16 x 16 cm. “Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite, ink and metallic thread
16 x 16 cm. “Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite, ink and metallic thread
16 x 16 cm. “Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite, ink and metallic thread
16 x 16 cm. “Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite, ink and metallic thread
16 x 16 cm. “Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite, ink and metallic thread
33 x 33 cm. wood, natural silk and chrome ceramic silver color
109 x 53 x 11 cm. wood, handcrafted paper, metallic thread, lace fabric and chrome ceramic silver color
71 x 92 x 15 cm. (only stretchers 22 x 74 x 15 cm.) _ (length x height x width) wood, clothing, lace fabric, thread, natural feather, plaster with metallic dyes and chrome ceramic silver color
103 x 37,5 x 11 cm. wood, clothing, lace fabric, metallic thread and mother-of-pearl ceramic luster
variable dimensions (piece: : 40 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm.) lace fabric, thread and chrome ceramic gold color
105,5 x 75 cm. paper, lace fabric, ink and metallic thread
144 x 74 x 18 cm. wood, natural silk and chrome ceramic silver color
14 x 26 x 13 cm. natural silk, platinum ceramic luster, acupuncture and surgery needles
Beautifying pain by NEREA UBIETO
Bodies. Moulded bodies, defined, classified, standardised, cut to the same pattern: medical, political, social, religious. Disciplined bodies, restricted, subjugated, corseted in fixed forms in which they do not recognise themselves. Inappropriate bodies, pathologised, exposed, deviant, judged, oppressed, abused. Surrendered bodies, frustrated and sick.
But also: different bodies, malleable, chaotic, inhabiting the outskirts. Free bodies, protesting, dissident; collectivities that struggle to find their place outside hegemony. Bodies that overflow, shout, resist, manifest, heal their wounds, and rise from their ashes. Bodies that grow sideways, forge alliances, and turn their vulnerability into strength.
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The scar indicates rupture with an earlier state, but it also demonstrates the existence of a previous stage, one that, therefore, belongs to us. The mark of struggle and the trace of resistance. Only by uncovering the wound can it be healed.
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Gaze through other eyes, beautify the pain.
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To embark on converging lines towards a vanishing point is to go beyond our own territory, but it also means knowing how to redirect that which does not interest us; to uproot and forge new connections. The rhizome can be interrupted, but it continues to grow through any of its parts. Rivero’s bodies are En Fuga (in flight): looking for other favourable portions of land, expanding their territory, and communicating with other bodies as natural movement, inherent to humankind. Interdependence is the key to a network of corporalities that nourish each other and can also be found in their pain. In this sense, multiple links are established with the reflections of Judith Butler, a philosopher concerned with the suffering of bodies, which she understands as "instances entangled in a network of social relations, enabling everything that, in her words, makes life worthwhile: friendship, passion, desire"[1].
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With remarkable aesthetic sensitivity, Romina Rivero draws us into her particular symbolic universe in which, in an exquisite but forceful way, she is able to transport us from the overwhelming socio-political reality to spiritual respite and calm. In her process, she never conceals, but rather elevates and dignifies. She undertakes the task of beautifying pain by allowing bodies to express their true essence.
[1] LÓPEZ, SILVIA (2019). Los cuerpos que importan en Judith Butler, p. 38. (Paragraph translated by Anna Moorby), Dos Bigotes, A.C.
IKIGAI, 2021
84,5 x 2,13 x 14 cm.
wood, metallic thread and chrome ceramic silver color
FIREFLIES ANATOMY (serie), 2021
42 x 60 cm.
“Awagami Kozo” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite and metallic thread
FIREFLIES ANATOMY III
LITTLE LIGHTS ANATOMY (SERIE), 2021
16 x 16 cm.
“Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta” paper, clothing, natural silk, graphite, ink and metallic thread
LITTLE LIGHTS ANATOMY II
FIREFLIES, 2021
33 x 33cm.
wood, natural silk and chrome ceramic silver color
THE SCREAM, 2020
53,5 x 109 x 11,5 cm.
Wood, handcrafted paper, metallic thread, lace fabric and chrome ceramic silver color
PRINTED IN THE HEART, 2021
71 x 92 x 15 cm. (only stretchers 22 x 74 x 15 cm.) _ (length x height x width)
wood, clothing, lace fabric, thread, natural feather, plaster with metallic dyes and chrome ceramic silver color
HONNE (in the private), 2021
37,5 x 103 x 11 cm.
wood, clothing, lace fabric, metallic thread and mother-of-pearl ceramic luster
TATEMAE (in the public), 2021
variable dimensions (piece: : 40 x 7,5 x 7,5 cm.)
lace fabric, thread and chrome ceramic gold color
GOLD FLOWER, 2021
105,5 x 75 cm.
paper, lace fabric, ink and metallic thread
FIREFLIES, 2021
144x74x18 cm.
wood, natural silk and chrome ceramic silver color
COMFREY, 2021
14,5 x 26 x 13 cm.
natural silk, platinum ceramic luster, acupuncture and surgery needles
FIREFLIES ANATOMY I
FIREFLIES ANATOMY II
LITTLE LIGHTS ANATOMY I
LITTLE LIGHTS ANATOMY III
LITTLE LIGHTS ANATOMY IV
LITTLE LIGHTS ANATOMY V
LITTLE LIGHTS ANATOMY VI