Analia Saban

Analia Saban dissects and reconfigures traditional notions of painting, often using the medium of paint as the subject itself. Blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, imagery and objecthood, her work frequently includes plays on art historical references and traditions. Paintings expand to sculptural forms and sculptures are presented in two dimensions, using the process of trial and error with new techniques and technology. Her unconventional methods such as unweaving paintings, laser-burning wood and canvas and molding forms in acrylic paint remain central to her practice as she continues to explore art-making processes and materials in relation to her daily experience. Dealing with issues of fragility, balance, technique and experimentation, Saban's connection with everyday objects is at the forefront of her investigation of tangible materials and the metaphysical properties of artworks.

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Born in 1980 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saban currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She received a BFA in Visual Arts from Loyola University in New Orleans in 2001, followed by an MFA in New Genres at the University of California in Los Angeles in 2005. Saban’s works are represented in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College, New York; Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Bronx Museum, New York; Norton Museum of Art, Florida; Centre Pompidou, Paris; San Jose Museum of Art; Buffalo AKG Art Museum and among others.

Analia Saban: Backyard

Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York

February 19 - March 21, 2015

Engaging the history of painting and the possibility of art-making as an alchemical process, Analia Saban continues her investigation of the line between painting and sculpture.