Her work is intentionally monochrome and present us with the inherent contradiction between what represents the subject matter and the beauty of the technique used.
Images that appears to be idyllic landscapes are in fact representation of the paths for drug trafficking. These incidents were registered abundantly in the media, which become an essential source of information and inspiration for Contino.
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Ariamna ContinoTiroteos de mediodia-Pirineos, N.D.Hand cut paper13.50 x 19.50 in
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Ariamna ContinoJardin de las Delicias 2, 2021Hand cut paper21 x 29 inSold
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Ariamna ContinoBoveda de estrella de la Catedral de Burgos, 2018Hand cut paper32 x 32 inSold
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Ariamna ContinoCúpula de la Mezquita Azul de Estambul, 2018Hand cut paper32 x 32 inSold
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Ariamna ContinoArsenal (Isla Vista California), 2016Hand cut paper18 x 24 inSold
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Ariamna ContinoYacimiento, 2014Crushed Glass and cardboard collage on panel.78 x 47 in
198.12 x 119.38 cmView more details
Contino was born in 1984 in Havana, Cuba; and attended the San Alejandro Academy in the same city. She is particularly known by two series: Arsenal and Camino al Eden. In Arsenal she represents weapons that have been involved in massacres but not in wars. Camino al Eden seems at first renderings of Latin American landscapes, however, it is the corridors through which drugs travel from South America to the United States.
Her work has been included in several important exhibition in Cuba and outside, among those we can mention a Collateral exhibition to the Havana Biennial, Ludwig Foundation of Cuba Havana (2008); Project Group, Ludwig Foundation of Cuba, Collateral to the 11th Biennial of Havana, Cuba (2012); Cuban Contemporary Art Salon, Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, La Habana, Cuba (2014); and the XII Havana Biennial (2015).
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White Layers
Collective Exhibition Septiembre 23 - Noviembre 4, 2023Layers, understood as a material and also as a procedure or action, have had specific functions at certain moments in the history of art. Paleolithic artists drew visual narratives on...Leer más -
Beyond Paper Boundaries
Collective Show Febrero 1 - Marzo 21, 2020The purpose of this show is two-fold. First, in our main gallery we look at the way that artists can manipulate and contort paper to bring actual dimension and weight...Leer más