Silvia Levenson
Country of Origin: Argentina
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Famiglia Levenson (Album di Famiglia), 2008
Fused glass, acrylic and photo on aluminum
Courtesy of Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
Con la serie Album Di Famiglia, reflexiono sobre mi niñez. Cuando modifico mis foto familiares en realidad trato de curar mi memoria. Mis abuelos, como la mayoría de los argentinos, vinieron de Europa. Emigraron a Argentina buscando una vida mejor, pero sus hijos y nietos terminaron volviendo a Europa durante la dictadura en un viaje circular.
Las fotografías están modificadas, ampliadas y impresas en el aluminio, a las cuales luego les aplico vidrio fundido. En estas fotos mi hermana Bibi y yo estamos alimentando palomas en la Plaza de Mayo. En la misma plaza algunos años después, fuimos buscando nuestros parientes y amigos que habían desaparecido durante la dictadura de Videla en 1976. Quizás lo que es más central es la manera en la que la relación fuerte que tenía con mi hermana fue modificada durante mi immigración a Italia, dejando un vacío que sólo podría ser descrito con la creación de estas obras de arte.
With my Album di Famiglia series I am reflecting on my childhood and trying to heal my own memories by modifying family photos. My grandparents, like most Argentineans, came from Europe. As they immigrated to Argentina looking for a better life, their children and grandchildren then emigrated to Europe during the dictatorship in a circular journey.
The photographs are modified, enlarged and printed on aluminium, then I apply fused glass over the images. In these photos my sister Bibi and me are at Plaza de Mayo feeding pigeons. In the same square some years later we went for looking for our missing relatives and friends that had disappeared during the dictatorship of Videla in 1976. Maybe what is more central is the way in which the strong relationship I had with my sister was shattered during my immigration to Italy, leaving a void that only be described with the creation of these works of art.
Tutte al Mare (Album di Famiglia), 2008
Fused glass, acrylic and photo on aluminum
Courtesy of Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
Bibi (Album di Famiglia), 2008
Fused glass, acrylic and photo on aluminum
Courtesy of Bullseye Gallery, Portland, OR
Photo: Endos Photography
Photo: Endos Photography
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