Baranek Frida

28 lipca 2023 Artysta

Pochodząca z Portugalii rzeźbiarka urodziła się w Rio de Janeiro w Brazylii w 1961 roku. W 2012 roku uzyskała tytuł magistra wzornictwa przemysłowego w Central Saint Martins w Londynie, a w 2012 roku uzyskała tytuł licencjata w dziedzinie wzornictwa przemysłowego. w architekturze na Uniwersytecie Santa Ursula w Rio de Janeiro (1984).

Artystka jest pochodzenia brazylijskiego, amerykańskiego i polskiego. Frida mieszkała i pracowała w Brazylii, Francji, Niemczech, Wielkiej Brytanii, USA i Portugalii.

We wczesnych pracach, a także w kolejnych latach artystka starała się przeciwstawiać oporom materiału, by doprowadzić je do metamorfozy: budowała zarówno we współpracy z nim, jak i przeciw niemu. Jej twórczość jest wyrazem jej spostrzegawczej wiary, w której postrzeganie i wyobrażanie sobie to dwa sposoby myślenia.

Pełną listę wystaw, esejów i prac można znaleźć na jej stronie internetowej: www.fridabaranek.com

Portugal based sculptor Frida Baranek was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1961. She earned an M.A. in Industrial Design at Central Saint Martins in London in 2012 and a B.A. in Architecture at Santa Ursula’s University in Rio de Janeiro (1984).

With a Brazilian, American, and Polish background, Frida has lived and worked in Brazil, France, Germany, UK, USA, and Portugal.

From her early works and throughout the years, the associations that Baranek entertained with materials consists in defying their resistance to lead them to their metamorphosis: to build with and against it. Her work is the expression of her perceptive faith, where perceiving and imagining are two ways of thinking.

A complete list of exhibitions, essays and works can be found on her website: www.fridabaranek.com

Tenor, Sentimental, Album, Gala, Fatal, Veto, Original, Moral, Brutal, 2000 Bronze, latex 340 × 120 × 420 cm This piece was the first of a series of hammocks. It questions restiveness. It was commissioned to be shown at an exhibition while I was living in Germany, called Continental Shift. The title was inspired by words that have the same meaning in Portuguese, English, German, and French.
Unclassified, 1992 Stainless steel, airplane parts from military industry surplus 450 × 300 × 300 cm This piece was commissioned by MoMA (NY) for the 20th Century Latin American Artist Exhibition. The airplane parts were surplus of the military industry.
Mundança de jogo com couro vermelho, 2014 Glass rods, red leather 160 × 140 × 70 cm This was part of a series of works made with 23 glass rods, inspired by the game Pick-Up Sticks. The whole series explored unpredictability and power.
Deusa Imortal, 2000 Steel, sisal, bronze, latex 180 × 100 × 60 cm This was part of a series of closets that I developed while living in Berlin, where I explored the psychological space. The closet opens on both sides.
Untitled, 1988 Steel wire, plates 300 × 200 × 200 cm This was the first piece where I used the wire in this more grandiose manner and that subsequently inspired a lot of other pieces. I found a way to occupy the space and hold it in suspension so anything attached to it would have a floating feeling.
Uncertainty Relations XI, 2021 Copper wire, wood veneer, bronze
Liminality I, 2019 Galvanized steel screens painted in gold Approx. 320 × 200 × 200 cm This is one in a series of works that was inspired by the experience I had in a zero gravity flight in October 2018. The piece shows that matter tells space how to curve, and space tells matter how to move. Chaos is ubiquitous.
Untitled, 1988 Steel rods, plates, stone 90 × 120 × 100 cm This piece explores very simply the limits of perception and the notion of a memory object. By making the stone weightless, I challenge the properties of materials. The ideas and feelings behind this piece can be drawn from to create a new outdoor piece using stainless steel and more stones.

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