Daniela Rivera: Where the Sky Touches the Earth /  by Daniela Rivera

Where the Sky Touches the Earth, shown at Matucana 100 in Santiago, Chile, just finished its exhibition run from 03/13-04/21. The show is an expansion from its first exhibition at the Fitchburg Art Museum in 2019/2020, including an immersive, adobe and sound installation. Check out the Artishock’s article by curator Claudia Cofré Cubillos featuring the show!

“Where the sky touches the earth is a poetic expression that refers us to a clear and transparent image of northern Chile. It is where the blue of the sky merges with the different shades of brown, ochre, red and orange of the earth and the hills. It is where the desert has no end and we discover ourselves in our fragility and finitude.”

“Donde el cielo toca la tierra es una expresión poética que nos remite a una imagen nítida y transparente del norte de Chile. Es donde el azul del cielo se fusiona con los distintos tonos de marrones, ocres, rojos y anaranjados de la tierra y los cerros. Es donde el desierto no tiene fin y nos descubrimos en nuestra fragilidad y finitud.”

Fundación Actual Re Cuento No 1: Conversaciones Sobre Arte en la Mediana Carrera /  by Daniela Rivera

“Living in Boston since 2002, Daniela Rivera (1973) has built - step by step - a solid artistic project in which she talks about her experience as an emigrant, as well as the memories and experiences of others. Between the figurative painting of her beginnings and the complex works that she does today, there is a close relationship: spatiality. Today, it could be said, that all her ideas are embodied, and merge, with the places where she exhibits.”

“Radicada en Boston desde el año 2002, Daniela Rivera (1973) ha construido-paso a paso- un sólido proyecto artístico en el que habla tanto de su experiencia de emigrada, como de los recuerdos y vivencias de otros. Entre la pintura figurativa de sus inicios y las complejas obras que realiza hoy día existe una estrecha relación, la espacialidad. Hoy, podría decirse, que todas sus ideas se encarnan, y funden, con los sitios en que expone.”

In this publication, Daniela Rivera discusses the history of her work, art practice and their changes and developments over time. Check out the full interview below!

Lead in Modern and Contemporary Art Sharon Hecker (Anthology Editor), Silvia Bottinelli (Anthology Editor) /  by Daniela Rivera

Lead in Modern and Contemporary Art

Sharon Hecker (Anthology Editor), Silvia Bottinelli (Anthology Editor)

 

Description

Lead in Modern and Contemporary Art is the first edited volume to critically examine the uses of lead as both material and cultural signifier in modern and contemporary art. The book analyzes the work of a diverse group of artists working in Europe, the Middle East, and North America, and takes into account the ways in which gender, race, and class can affect the cultural perception of lead.

Bringing together contributions from a distinguished group of international contributors across various fields, this volume explores lead's relevance from a number of perspectives, including art history, technical art history, art criticism, and curatorial studies. Drawing on current art-historical concerns with materiality, this volume builds on recent exhibitions and scholarship that reconsider the role of materials in shaping artistic meaning, thus giving a central relevance to the object and its physicality.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements

Introduction: To Be Continued... Silvia Bottinelli (Tufts University, USA) and Sharon Hecker (independent scholar)
1. A Most Insidious Poison Taking Advantage of our Necessities: A Brief Historical Introduction to Lead and Lead Poisoning, Christian Warren (Brooklyn College - The City University of New York, USA)
2. Lead's Historic Transformations, Spike Bucklow (University of Cambridge, UK)
3. In the Backyard at Burcroft: Henry Moore's Experiments in Lead, Rowan Bailey (University of Huddersfield, UK)
4. The Weakness of Lead: Materiality and Modern American Sculpture, Marin R. Sullivan (Harry Bertoia Foundation & Cheekwood Estate and Gardens, USA)
5. Due Process: Richard Serra's Early Splash/Cast Works, Jeffrey Weiss (The Institute of Fine Arts, USA)
6. Exorbitant Matter: Materiality According to Lynda Benglis, Luke Naessens (Princeton University, USA)
7. Lead in the Lexicon of Gilberto Zorio's Sculpture, Elizabeth Mangini (California College of the Arts, USA)
8. The Stopping Power of Lead: Luciano Fabro, Giuseppe Penone, and Marisa Merz, Sharon Hecker (independent scholar)
9. “Mankind needs some lead so as to be somewhat heavier”: Beuys, Alchemy, and Duchamp, Claudia Mesch (Arizona State University, USA)
10. A Conversation with Remo Salvadori, Sharon Hecker (independent scholar) and Silvia Bottinellii (Tufts University, USA)
Critical Introduction by Rosalind McKever (Victoria and Albert Museum, UK)
11. Two Views of Anselm Kiefer: In the Studio and In the Museum
Kiefer Speaks About Lead with Karl Ove Knausgaard
Loaded Lead: Anselm Kiefer in the Collection of the Israel Museum, Sharon Tager and Adina Kamien (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem)
12. Anthony Caro: Lead and Wood Sculptures. 1980–1989, Karen Wilkin (independent scholar)
13. The New British Sculpture and the Poetics and Pragmatics of Lead, Jon Wood (independent scholar)
14. Organizing Against an Invisible Threat. Lead According to Futurefarmers and Mel Chin, Silvia Bottinelli (Tufts University, USA)
15. An Interview with Daniela Rivera: The weight of lead and painting beyond the surface, Silvia Bottinelli (Tufts University, USA) and Sharon Hecker (independent scholar)
Bibliography
Index

VoCA Talk: Daniela Rivera /  by Daniela Rivera

Watch Daniela Rivera and curator Leah Triplett Harrington discuss Daniela’s practice and projects, as well as the role that drawing plays in her work. This Voices in Contemporary Art talk was filmed in Daniela’s studio in September of 2020.

The program’s description from the VoCA Talk: Daniela Rivera page:

“This VoCA Talk features artist Daniela Rivera in conversation with curator Leah Triplett Harrington. Filmed in Rivera's studio in September 2020, the two discuss seven distinct bodies of Rivera's work alongside earlier sketches. In Rivera's interdisciplinary practice, she engages not only her own body but also others, to consider place and presence. Suggesting that drawing is the connective tissue of her work, this Talk explores how Rivera's practice relates to the body and, therefore, themes of vulnerability, visibility, and materiality.”