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Cecilia Biagini: Detour

Past exhibition
March 3 - April 29, 2022 New York City
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Cecilia Biagini Detour, 2021 Acrylic paint on wood and canvas 78 x 35 x 10 in 198.1 x 88.9 x 25.4 cm
Cecilia Biagini
Detour, 2021
Acrylic paint on wood and canvas
78 x 35 x 10 in
198.1 x 88.9 x 25.4 cm

Ruiz-Healy Art is pleased to present Cecilia Biagini: Detour. This is Biagini's fourth show with the gallery and her first solo show at Ruiz-Healy Art New York City. Cecilia Biagini: Detour presents a selection of different modes of Biagini's approach to abstraction such as mobile works and wood sculptures that relate to her first installation Montaña, 1998 at Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, to her ongoing series of intersecting organic forms painted in bright colors, a series she started developing in 2017. Also featured is a new group of paintings in which abstraction is taken to the most minimal synthesis of color and form.

 

Biagini's works in Detour veer from the traditional formulae associated with South American abstraction. The color palettes, materials, and designs deviate from what would be the norm. It is as if after having developed an abstract vocabulary of her own, Biagini then breaks it, and pursues a different line of action. In Cecilia Biagini: Detour we can expect adaptability and intuition taking abstract forms, using inspiration from life itself as a malleable element.

For Biagini, life is a duality. “A practical life would be a difficult life, I need to open a new dimension. I'm too emotional so art helps me translate it into something that I can bring back to life. For me there is not much distinction between my life and art.” The artist treats her practice as a constant exploration, an excursion into the tangential, all relating to each other but never totally meeting at a set point.

 

About the Artist

Inspired by traditions of South American abstraction, Cecilia Biagini makes paintings, mobiles, photograms and reliefs that flow seamlessly from medium to medium. Utilizing a bold sense of color, line, depth and abstraction, the varied works find commonalities in their composition and playfulness. Evoking ideas of physics, the geometric shapes in her work are arranged in a manner suggesting movement and animation. “Conjuring the ludic with pure geometry in space, my work at times refers and alludes to musical and rhythmic waves, pseudo-scientific models/diagrams and is always anchored in the purity of the medium itself.” – Cecilia Biagini

 

Cecilia Biagini studied painting with Guillermo Kuitca in Buenos Aires and attended university for sociology. Biagini received the Photography Critics Award from the Centro de Arte y Comunicación in 1989 and was a recipient of the Kuitca Scholarship in 1994, and then again in 1997, when her work was short-listed for the prestigious Braque Award and the Gunther Award. In 1998 she moved to New York, where she co-founded the exhibition space, The Hogar Collection, in Brooklyn.

 

Her work is included in several art collections including  MACBA Museum collection, Buenos Aires; Ministerio de Educación de la Nación Argentina;The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX; The New York Public Library, New York;  and The Department of Homeland Security in Washington D.C. Additionally, her artwork has been exhibited at notable museums including MoMA PS 1, New York City, NY; The Cervantes Institute in Rome, Italy and in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; the PROA Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina; and the Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 

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Works
  • Cecilia Biagini Detour, 2021 Acrylic paint on wood and canvas 78 x 35 x 10 in 198.1 x 88.9 x 25.4 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Detour, 2021
    Acrylic paint on wood and canvas
    78 x 35 x 10 in
    198.1 x 88.9 x 25.4 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Daydream, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 54 x 34 in 137.16 x 86.36 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Daydream, 2019
    Acrylic on canvas
    54 x 34 in
    137.16 x 86.36 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Natural Source, 2022 Acrylic on canvas 14 x 11 in 35.56 x 27.94 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Natural Source, 2022
    Acrylic on canvas
    14 x 11 in
    35.56 x 27.94 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Ensemble, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 38 x 78 in 96.52 x 198.12 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Ensemble, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    38 x 78 in
    96.52 x 198.12 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Parallel Worlds, 2020 Acrylic on wood 14 x 13 x 7 in. total size, (two pieces) 35.56 x 33.02 x 17.78 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Parallel Worlds, 2020
    Acrylic on wood
    14 x 13 x 7 in. total size, (two pieces)
    35.56 x 33.02 x 17.78 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Voluntary Actions, 2021 Acrylic on linen 24 x 20 in 60.96 x 50.8 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Voluntary Actions, 2021
    Acrylic on linen
    24 x 20 in
    60.96 x 50.8 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Interpolation on Yellow, 2021 Acrylic on linen, wood, wire 24 x 20 in 60.96 x 50.8 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Interpolation on Yellow, 2021
    Acrylic on linen, wood, wire
    24 x 20 in
    60.96 x 50.8 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Memory Interaction, 2020 Acrylic paint on wood 68 x 30 x 4 in 172.72 x 76.2 x 10.16 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Memory Interaction, 2020
    Acrylic paint on wood
    68 x 30 x 4 in
    172.72 x 76.2 x 10.16 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Interpolation on Blue, 2021 Acrylic on linen, wood, wire 24 x 20 in 60.96 x 50.8 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Interpolation on Blue, 2021
    Acrylic on linen, wood, wire
    24 x 20 in
    60.96 x 50.8 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Flower Breath, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 56 x 58 in 142.24 x 147.32 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Flower Breath, 2021
    Acrylic on canvas
    56 x 58 in
    142.24 x 147.32 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Supernatural, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 66 x 49 in 167.64 x 124.46 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Supernatural, 2021
    Acrylic on canvas
    66 x 49 in
    167.64 x 124.46 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini The Meaning of Meaning, 2021 Acrylic paint on canvas, sticks, wire on canvas 56 x 54 in 142.24 x 137.16 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    The Meaning of Meaning, 2021
    Acrylic paint on canvas, sticks, wire on canvas
    56 x 54 in
    142.24 x 137.16 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Material Mechanisms I, 2021 Acrylic on wood 16 x 12 x 3 in 40.64 x 30.48 x 7.62 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Material Mechanisms I, 2021
    Acrylic on wood
    16 x 12 x 3 in
    40.64 x 30.48 x 7.62 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Material Mechanism III, 2021 Acrylic on wood 16 x 12 x 3 in 40.6 x 30.5 x 7.6 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Material Mechanism III, 2021
    Acrylic on wood
    16 x 12 x 3 in
    40.6 x 30.5 x 7.6 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Material Mechanism II, 2021 Acrylic on wood 10 x 10 x 3.5 in 25.4 x 25.4 x 8.89 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Material Mechanism II, 2021
    Acrylic on wood
    10 x 10 x 3.5 in
    25.4 x 25.4 x 8.89 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Nature of time, 2021 Acrylic paint on wood 72 x 10 x 8 in 182.88 x 25.4 x 20.32 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Nature of time, 2021
    Acrylic paint on wood
    72 x 10 x 8 in
    182.88 x 25.4 x 20.32 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Garment, 2019 Acrylic on wood, metal base 28.5 x 7 x 7 in. 2 pieces 72.39 x 17.78 x 17.78 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Garment, 2019
    Acrylic on wood, metal base
    28.5 x 7 x 7 in. 2 pieces
    72.39 x 17.78 x 17.78 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini The Path, 2022 Acrylic on wood 16 x 13 x 4 in 40.6 x 33 x 10.2 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    The Path, 2022
    Acrylic on wood
    16 x 13 x 4 in
    40.6 x 33 x 10.2 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini String Instrument, 2022 Mobile, wire metal bars, wood 78 x 16 x 12 in 198 x 41 x 30 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    String Instrument, 2022
    Mobile, wire metal bars, wood
    78 x 16 x 12 in
    198 x 41 x 30 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Language Games, 2021 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 24 in 50.8 x 61 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Language Games, 2021
    Acrylic on canvas
    20 x 24 in
    50.8 x 61 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Urban Nature, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 56 x 42 in 142.2 x 106.7 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Urban Nature, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    56 x 42 in
    142.2 x 106.7 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Daydream, 2019 Acrylic on canvas 54 x 34 in 137.16 x 86.36 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Daydream, 2019
    Acrylic on canvas
    54 x 34 in
    137.16 x 86.36 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Ensemble, 2020 Acrylic on canvas 38 x 78 in 96.52 x 198.12 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Ensemble, 2020
    Acrylic on canvas
    38 x 78 in
    96.52 x 198.12 cm
  • Cecilia Biagini Voluntary Actions, 2021 Acrylic on linen 24 x 20 in 60.96 x 50.8 cm
    Cecilia Biagini
    Voluntary Actions, 2021
    Acrylic on linen
    24 x 20 in
    60.96 x 50.8 cm
Installation Views
  • Ruiz Healy Cecilia Biagini 20220308 O0A8860 Photo By Daniel Terna 2
  • Ruiz Healy Cecilia Biagini 20220308 O0A8866 Photo By Daniel Terna
  • Ruiz Healy Cecilia Biagini 20220308 O0A8839 Photo By Daniel Terna
  • Ruiz Healy Cecilia Biagini 20220308 O0A8848 Photo By Daniel Terna
  • Ruiz Healy Cecilia Biagini 20220308 O0A8944 Photo By Daniel Terna
  • Ruiz Healy Cecilia Biagini 20220308 O0A8935 Edit Photo By Daniel Terna
  • Ruiz Healy Cecilia Biagini 20220308 O0A8881 Photo By Daniel Terna
  • Ruiz Healy Cecilia Biagini 20220308 O0A8962 Edit Photo By Daniel Terna
Publications
  • Cecilia Biagini: Detour  I Ruiz-Healy Art

    Cecilia Biagini: Detour I Ruiz-Healy Art

    Essay by Ayelen Pagnanelli 2022
    Softcover 25 pages
    Publisher: Latingráfica
    ISBN: 978-1-7923-9680-9
    Dimensions: 8.5 x 6.5 in
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