Past Residents
Past Resident2010: Institut Français
Isabelle Cornaro
Isabelle Cornaro was born in France in 1974. She attained degrees in Art History at the École du Louvre, Paris and in Visual Arts at the Fines Arts School of Paris. Her work is transdisciplinary (installations, sculptures and films) and includes the use of cultural objects and images (transposition of classical paintings, casts of kitsch domestic objects), sometimes relating to historical or political contexts. Often Cornaro’s work plays with issues such as systems of representation, commodity fetishism and the creative gesture.
Isabelle Cornaro, Savannah Surrounding Bangui, And The River Utubangui #2, 2003-2007, Jewels on plywood, 161/2 × 231/2 in. (41.91 × 59.69 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Isabelle Cornaro, Songs Of Opposites, 2008, Five 16mm films transferred onto digital support, 7:48 min. Courtesy of the artist and the Parc Culturel de Rentilly, Torcy.
Isabelle Cornaro, Sans Souci #2, 2005-2006, Assembled papers, hair, and pencil, 149/16 × 105/8 in. (36.98 × 26.97 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Isabelle Cornaro, Moulage Sur Le Vif (Vide-Poche) / Casts ('Tidy Trays'), 2009, Pigment print on archival paper, 191/2 × 71 in. (49.53 × 180.34 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Isabelle Cornaro, Landscape With Poussin And Eye Witnesses (I), 2009, Plywood, textile, and various objects, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from France
Past Resident2010: FONCA - Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes
Tania Candiani
Tania Candiani was born in Mexico City in 1974. Her work is a reflection about contemporary aesthetic patterns. She is interested in producing objects or images which represent the perception of contemporary urban spaces and their rituals. Beyond a specific remark on the body, her approach explores the emotional state of a person or social group and its context and simultaneously proposes research on materials and techniques. At the moment, Candiani is developing a project of urban interventions where textiles, architectural design and the experiences of the people whom she works with become the detonators of the artwork. ‘I believe the circumstance, the process, and the documentation are the most important tools for dialogue.’ Between her most recent projects are Otros paseos, Otras historias, Mexico City, Mexico; Kaunas Grafiti, Textile 09, Lithuania; Refranes, Centro Cultural España, México.
Tania Candiani, Refranes, 2008, Public art project at Centro Cultural España, Mexico City.
Tania Candiani, Kaunas Graffiti, 2009, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Textile 09, Kaunas Bienial, Lithuania.
Tania Candiani, Writers Y Escritores, 2009, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist and Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City.
Tania Candiani, Habita Intevenido, 2008, Installation view. Courtesy of the artist.
Tania Candiani, Battleground, 2009, Live performance and streaming Regina Jose Galindo & Tania Candiani El Paso, Texas & Ciudad Juárez, and Chihuahua.
Christoph Weber
Christoph Weber was born in Vienna, Austria in 1974 and received a MFA and PhD in Fine Arts at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, Germany. Current exhibitions include Psychosculptures, Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands; loose concrete, a solo exhibition at Galerie naechst St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria.
Christoph Weber, Untitled (Gegenstueck), 2010, Concrete, 235/8 × 235/8 × 913/16 in. (59.94 × 59.94 × 24.89 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Galerie naechst St. Stephan, Rosemarie Schwarzwaelder, Vienna.
Christoph Weber, Untitled (Barrier), 2010, Clay, 1407/8 × 462 × 37/8 in. (357.89 × 1173.48 × 9.91 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Galerie naechst St. Stephan, Rosemarie Schwarzwaelder, Vienna.
Christoph Weber, Untitled (Ramponeau), 2008, Paper, 6 × 51/2 × 8 in. (15.24 × 13.97 × 20.32 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris.
Christoph Weber, Stack, 2008 , Aluminum and wood, 77/8 × 235/8 × 235/8 in. (20.07 × 59.94 × 59.94 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Temporary Gallery, Cologne.
Christoph Weber, The First Minutes Of October, 2007, Steel, 114 × 157 × 3/16 in. (289.56 × 398.78 × 0.51 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Neue Galerie Graz.
