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Livia Corona Benjamin visual artist México / NY liviacorona.com

The work of Livia Corona Benjamin explores the social and political implications of geography and architecture. Her photographs and texts comment on how these affect and modify human relations. She received a BFA from The Art Center in Pasadena, California, is a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow and a current recipient of an SNCA Endowment for the Arts, granted by Mexico’s Commission of Arts and Culture, as well as a 2013 Prix Pictet Nominee. Her works have been exhibited worldwide including Pinakothek der Moderne, Münich; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; Bronx Museum of The Arts, New York; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Spain; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium; Ballroom Marfa, Texas; Fundación Joan Miró, Palma de Mallorca, Spain; Københavns Museum, Denmark; and in an upcoming 2017 exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, titled, “Home - So Different, So Appealing,” curated by Pilar Tompkins Rivas, Chon A. Noriega, and Mari Carmen Ramírez.

Her photographs are in the collections of the Portland Museum of Art, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum and William Benton Museum of Art, the Berezdivin Collection and other private collections. She is the author of two monographs, “Enanitos Toreros,” 2008, and “Of People and Houses,” 2009, and is preparing a third book on her acclaimed series “Two Million Homes for Mexico.” Corona Benjamin grew up in Ensenada, Baja California. She lives between New York and Mexico City.

Livia Corona has collaborated with Eyelevel in two shows and has recently curated a show together along with Alva CalyMayor, this show was part of SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2015 called The X, The Y, The Z .

Corona Benjamin’s first Solo Exhibition in New York, Manhattan Transfer opens at Sgorbati Projects, April 9th, 2015. 

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STUDIO VISIT DATE: January 11, 2014 LIVIA CORONA BENJAMIN

BEKA & JOBB visual artist(s) México, D.F. beka-peralta.com joshuajobb.com

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"50/50 Del exterior al interior y del interior al exterior."

A través de la caminata entendida como parte del proceso creativo y como un dispositivo de encuentros ya sean materiales o inmateriales, me interesa ejercer una investigación enfocada principalmente en las ideas de entretenimiento, trabajo y consumo.

El pensar en un estudio fuera de casa es algo que se ha ido complicando con el paso del tiempo, en un comienzo por un principio económico y en la actualidad no me imagino un espacio del tipo “oficina” sin pensar en trabajo (pensamiento que probablemente afectaría el desenvolver de mi práctica ya que ésta se piensa como un juego que se toma muy en serio o algo muy en serio que se presenta a manera de juego).

El estudio/casa del que se habla en este ejercicio textual funciona como un contenedor de objetos que posibilitan el montaje de obras desarrolladas anteriormente, de un conjunto de obras producidas por otros artistas, un par de maquetas, notas y algunos libros… De momento lo que mas hago en dicho espacio es leer, pero en momentos de mayor actividad es un espacio en donde se producen operaciones de lenguaje, de azar y de juego

Joshua Jobb José Martí 107 -3, Col. Escandón, México 2013

"de aquí vengo, pero para allá voy"...

"Un Globo, un cassette y las colaboraciones..."

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"Notas sobre el estudio"

Me gusta pensar en mi estudio como un estudio-móvil, que se puede reducir a un par de elementos de trabajo y llevar a donde sea.

De igual forma trabajo en un espacio interior que funciona como un ancla provisional para los viajes, juegos y exploraciones donde creo vínculos de manera física entre ideas y referencias.

Es un espacio donde rendereo imágenes, acciones y encuentros en mi día a día. Beka Peralta José Martí 107 -3, Col. Escandón, México 2013

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AMY BEECHER visual artist United States, NY amybeecher.com

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  Amy Beecher is a New York City based artist.  Her recent work consists of mixed media sculpture, large scale digital inkjet prints and recorded texts. I met Amy beecher at the SVA summer residency back in 2007. A year later, Amy and I talked about a window project I was working on. She invited me over to her studio, our visit helped shape how the window project at the Atelier of Victor Osborne was going to operate:  it would foster new work by emerging artists, contained within a window, allowing the spectator to participate both actively and passively with the various art forms displayed.

"Amy Beecher: First in a Special Contemporary Art Series," 

Drawn to the nostalgia and romanticism of the old-fashioned workshop, Beecher will exhibit her work in the atelier’s window and interior workshop, seamlessly blending her own creations into the space. Viewers will discover her fabric assemblages hanging from racks and piled in corners amongst traditional tools of the hat making trade. Pointing to the commonalities between the artist's' studio and designer's workshop, the exhibition pays homage to the mysterious allure of the creative site.