Candioti Art Studio

Art and Testimony - Arte y Testimonio

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Candioti Art Studio

ana_candioti@hotmail.com

BIOGRAPHY PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Permanent exhibits in well known Galleries, Museums, Universities and Institutions in Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Norway, France, Germany and the United States. FROM 1971 to PRESENT Atomic Energy Art Museum - Buenos Aires - Argentina Castagnino Art Museum - Rosario -Argentina Quilmes Art Museum - Quilmes - Argentina Eduardo Sivori Art Museum - Buenos Aires - Argentina Museum of Fine Arts - Buenos Aires - Argentina Rali Art Museum - Punta del Este - Uruguay San Fernando Art Museum - Madrid - Spain Cornell Art Museum - Dekray Beach City - FL - US Lowe Art Museum - Miami City - Florida - US MoLAA - Museum of Latin American Art - CA - US FIU - Florida International University - Miami - FL - US Saint Thomas University Miami - FL - US UCDavis - University of California Davis - California - US USC - University of State of California - Sacramento - US E. Pichon Riviere Social Psychology School Art Collection - Buenos Aires E. Pichon Riviere Social School Art Collection - Santa Fe - Argentina UFSC - Santa Catarina University - Gallery - Brazil Hotel Presidente Intercontinental Art Collection - Mexico Hotel Aristos International Art Collection - Mexico Banco de la Nacion Argentina Art Collection - Buenos Aires - Argentina

Contemporary Argentine Artist, her task is geared toward capturing the reality and way of life of different communities all over the world. She approach her pictorial work through Series which bring together the concepts of Art and Testimony, contributing in this way with all those who strive to recuperate the patrimony and cultural roots of these peoples...in order to accomplish this task, she has lived and shared the daily routines of different ethnic groups in order to truly understand their way of life, thus trying to convey in her paintings their little known reality , so often inaccurately protrayed by the media.... In this way she puts together two passions: painting , and her commitment to preserving indigenous peoples and their cultures...Hopefully these works will show the world that these communities are very much alive and struggling to remain so, trying to maintain their traditions as weel as rights to the lands where they have always lived and worked...

Artista Argentina Contemporanea , su obra esta orientada a reflejar la realidad de estas comunidades a traves de la investigacion de las culturas y condiciones de vida de pueblos originarios existentes en la actualidad alrededor del mundo...Desarrolla la obra en Series uniendo asi los conceptos de Arte y Testimonio, colaborando de esa manera a la corriente que trabaja en la recuperacion del Patrimonio y Raices Culturales de estos pueblos...esta tarea la ha llevado a convivir y compartir la vida y los quehaceres de las diferentes comunidades etnicas, como la unica manera de entenderlos y poder reflejar en su pintura una realidad poco o mal conocida a traves de los medios de comunicacion masiva....reuniendo asi dos pasiones: la pintura , y su vocacion por la salvaguardia de las culturas autoctonas , que intenta reflejar con veracidad al compartir con frecuencia sus condiciones de existencia y difundir que son culturas vivas en lucha contra la extincion, preservando sus tradiciones y por la recuperacion de sus derechos sobre las tierras que trabajan desde siempre

"Candioti undaunted will and serious purpose have placed her among the artist from whom we can epect a contribution to the art of painting in universal terms. I know of no other artist today who has followed the traditions with the sae of Social Paint with the same impetus, having reaped such important fruits. Happy are those woh can enjoy her ever increasing mastership..." Rafael Squirru
Argentine Art Critic -
"Being a representative of an artistic trend following the tradition of social realism, iniciated in our country by the painter Antonio Berni, her work inevitably projects itself within the international field, from the research point of view, Candioti is absolutely conscious of the responsibility, on ther other handk, she is an artist within the social realism trend that undertakes her plastic activity by committing her painting with responsible didactic and social awareness objective, in her paintigs her vocation to shows an essentially testimonial artistic disouse is evident..." M.Elena Babino
Argentine Art Historier -
"In her works she tries to move , not to please, that an artist dares to be herself in the midst of so much tasteless and "light art" ignoring current trends and its related benefits, is admirable in itself, it emphasis a great independence of attitude which is a prerequisite when art is assumed with dignity.." Domingo Sahda ......
"There are a few artist today who have dedicated their professional career to recording the proud and the noble faces of people often forgotten in the descriptions associated with contemporary artistic protrayals.Candioti has long been fascinated with the beauty and dignity of the diverse people of the Americas and her travels throughout North and South America and the Caribbean islands have given her the means to understand their Physical appearance, as well s the opportunity to gain a personal perspetive on their lives. Her profound appreciation for the people, their gestures, expressions and traditions, informs oall of her work , she has studied the indigenous peoples of many Countries, and the Africans....." Carol Damian - Director of the VisualArt Department at Florida International University - US

Incursionar en el mundo de Candioti es incursionar en un mundo que no por duro deja de ser real, respecto de ciertos aspectos de nuestra tierra y de quienes la habitan y la trabajan. He escrito en varias oportunidades sobre su obra, llamando la atencion sobre su interes y desarrollo creciente de su pintura en el ambiente social en las mejores tradiciones de los Muralistas Mejicanos y nuestro Antonio Berni en esta linea o estilo en los que se ha inspirado..No conozco artista actualmente que siga las tradiciones de la pintura social con el mismo impetu y cosechando tan importantes frutos como el arte de Ana Candioti, feliz quien pueda dsifrutar su creciente maestria..." Rafael Squirru , critico de arte de Argentina
"Representante de una corriente artistica que sigue las tradiciones del realismo social, inciada en nuestro pais por el pintor A. Berni, su obra se proyecta con una dimension ineludible dentro del campo artistico Internacional. desde el punto de vista de la investigacion Candioti procede con una sorprendente conciencia y responsabilidad y por otra parte es una artista que dentro de la corriente del realismo social aborda su actividad plastica comprometiendo su pintura con una responsable finalidad didactica y de difusion social, en sus pinturas se pone de manifiesto una vocacion evidente por mostrar un discurso artistico esencialmente testimonial, enmarcando sus figuras dentro de un concepto muralista de la imagen..." M. Elena Babino - Historiadora de Arte Argentino
"En lo suyo trata de conmover, no de agradar....que una artista plastica frente a tanto "arte light" y desaborizado se atreva a decir lo suyo, deshaciendose de modas y beneficios afines, es meritorio en si mismo, subraya una independencia actitudinal que obviamente es prerequisito del arte asumido con dignidad..."
Domingo Sahda - critico de arte de Argentina
"Existen pocos artistas hoy en dia que hayan dedicado su carrera profesional a documentar los rostros orgullosos y nobles de gente a menudo olvidada en ls representaciones asociadas con el retrato contemporaneo. Hace mucho tiempo , sin embargo, Ana Candioti, fascinada con la belleza y la dignidad de los diferentes pueblos de las Americas ha viajado por el continente Americano, incluyendo en Caribe, que le han dado las herramientas para no solo captar la apariencia fisica de las personas sino tambien adquirir una perspectiva que personal sobre sus vidas. Esta apreciacion profunda de la gente , sus gestos, expresiones, y tradiciones esdtan presentes en toda su obra, ha estudiado los pueblos autoctonos y los provenientes de naciones africanas...."
Carol Damian - Directora del departamento de Artes Visuales de la Universidad Internacional de Florida - US