Sara Modiano (1951 – 2010) was a Colombian artist[1] known for her performance art and photography.[2]
Sara Modiano | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 11, 1951 |
| Died | 2010 |
Her art explores themes of human identity, emotion, sexuality, and the feminine body.[1][3] The Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts was established in her honor and offers annual grants to qualified artists.[4]
Life and career
editSara Modiano was born on January 11, 1951, in Barranquilla, Colombia. She studied mathematics at the University of Los Andes in Bogotá and art at the School of Fine Arts at Atlantic University in Barranquilla. She has had solo and group exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá, the Museum of Latin American Art,[2] the Hammer Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Caribbean Regional Artists Salon.[5][6]
In the 1990s, she transitioned from painting and sculpture to performance art and photography. Her Fragmented series, including Inside Out and Conexión Interior, used macro photography and geometric overlays to represent sensations as abstract concepts.[7][8][9]
Death
editModiano was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2006, and died in 2010. In the four years before her death she focused on performance art.[1]
Legacy
editSara Modiano's professional career spanned forty years. Her work was included in several International Kids Fund (IKF) Latin American Art Auctions and is associated with the Barranquilla movement of the 1980s.[7][10][11]
Modiano’s work is held in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Bogotá. Since 2013, the Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts has administered the Sara Modiano Grant, an annual award designated for emerging Latin American artists in Colombia.[12]
Artwork
edit- Cube Project, 2004 [13]
- Posibilidad de dos ventanas, 1977[14]
- Cuatro ventanas, 1977[14]
- Desaparece una cultura, 1981[14]
- Intimate, 2002[14]
- Reflect, 2007[14]
Solo exhibitions
edit- 1974: Barrios Gallery, Barranquilla, Colombia[6]
- 1975: Belarca Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia[6]
- 1979: Centro Colombo Americano, Barranquilla, Colombia[6]
- 1979: Galeria de la Oficina, Medellín, Colombia[6]
- 1981: Garces Velasquez Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia[15]
- 1982: Quintero Gallery, Barranquilla, Colombia[6]
- 2003: La Resistencia de L’Art, Mallorca, Spain[6]
- 2003: CUBE I: Multi Media Art Experience Art Loves Design, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida[6]
- 2004: Featured Artist, Art Miami 2004, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami, Florida[6]
- 2004: CUBE II: Multi Media Art Experience Art Loves Design, Art Basel, Miami Beach, Florida[6]
Public collections (selection)
editModiano's work is featured in several public and private collections across the Americas, including
- Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida[16]
- Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO), Colombia[2]
- Hammer Museum, at University of California (UCLA)[17]
References
edit- 1 2 3 "Sara Modiano | Radical Women digital archive". Hammer Museum. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Sara Modiano, In Memoriam - Arte Al Dia". www.artealdia.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ↑ "Sara Modiano : orden y geometría · ICAA Documents Project · ICAA/MFAH". icaa.mfah.org. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ↑ Muhamad, Idraki. "The Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts". The Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ↑ "La fábrica del arte que se abre a una 'dimensión desconocida'". www.elheraldo.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Muhamad, Idraki. "About Sara Modiano (contains CV)". The Sarah Modiano Foundation for the Arts. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- 1 2 "About Sara Modiano". The Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts.
- ↑ Sommer Seasons. "Sara Modiano Portfolio" (PDF).
- ↑ Modiano, Sara (2007). "Conexión interior". Google Arts & Culture.
- ↑ "Sara Modiano, In Memoriam". Arte Al Día.
- ↑ Sommer Seasons. "Sara Modiano Portfolio" (PDF).
- ↑ "Our Mission". The Sara Modiano Foundation for the Arts.
- ↑ "What We Saw". Dwell. April 2004.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Sara Modiano - 5 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ↑ "Sara Modiano". www.artnet.com. Artnet. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ↑ Richards, Ariel (14 March 2023). "ENIGMAS ENCRIPTADOS EN LADRILLO. ¿QUIÉN FUE (ES) SARA MODIANO?". Artishock Revista (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ↑ "Sara Modiano | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 11 April 2023.