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 Blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, imagery and objecthood, her work frequently includes plays on art historical references and traditions.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.
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 Hammer Museum at UCLA, Museum of Contemporary Art, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles; Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College in New York; Norton Museum of Art in Florida; Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Fundación Proa in Buenos Aires, among others.
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Restless Index, curated by Kelly Akashi and Cayetano Ferrer
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles September 26 - November 7, 2020 -
THE RETURN OF THE REAL
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York July 14 - August 28, 2020 -
Songs in the Dark
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York January 11 - February 20, 2020 -
ANALIA SABAN: FOCUS
MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH, TX March 30 - May 12, 2019 -
Analia Saban: Punched Card
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York September 6 - October 18, 2018 -
ANALIA SABAN
BLAFFER ART MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON September 24, 2016 - March 18, 2017 -
Analia Saban: Backyard
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York February 19 - March 21, 2015Engaging 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.Read more -
ADAA ART SHOW
PARK AVENUE ARMORY, NEW YORK March 5 - 9, 2014 -
Between the Lines
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York January 9 - February 8, 2014 -
Analia Saban: Gag
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York September 6 - October 20, 2012 -
HAMMER BIENNIAL: MADE IN LA
HAMMER MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES June 2 - September 2, 2012 -
PAINTING EXPANDED
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York June 20 - July 19, 2011
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Analia Saban
Lapis Press | Analia Saban and Dr. Andrew Perchuk November 11, 2020Artist Analia Saban and Dr. Andrew Perchuk, Deputy Director of the Getty Research Institute, in conversation.Read more -
Analia Saban
Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Long Beach, CA | Plugged-In Virtual Connections Artist Series October 21, 2020Analia Saban transforms unconventional materials through sustained experimentation and the employ of old and new technologies.Read more -
Analia Saban
Getty Conservation Institute February 15, 2018Analia Saban explores her art, materials, fabrication processes and working methods, as well as her thoughts on conservation. Analia Saban was born in Buenos Aires...Read more -
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Artist talk with Johanna Burton at t Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York February 21, 2015Analia Saban in conversation with Johanna Burton, New Museum’s Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement on the ocassion of the exhibition...Read more