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Marie Orensanz

...a path to share...

April 14 - July 3, 2015

Marie Orensanz, ...in honor... of whom?, 1999-2015. 20 white opaline bells (9.5 x 10.2 in each) with stainless steel tags (3.1 x 1.8 in each). Installation, dimensions variable.
Marie Orensanz, ...in honor... of whom?, 1999-2015. 20 white opaline bells (9.5 x 10.2 in each) with stainless steel tags (3.1 x 1.8 in each). Installation, dimensions variable.
Marie Orensanz, ...in honor... of whom?, 1999-2015. 20 white opaline bells (9.5 x 10.2 in each) with stainless steel tags (3.1 x 1.8 in each). Installation, dimensions variable.
Marie Orensanz, ...in honor... of whom?, 1999-2015. 20 white opaline bells (9.5 x 10.2 in each) with stainless steel tags (3.1 x 1.8 in each). Installation, dimensions variable.
Marie Orensanz, dirigir, 1985. Drawing and mixed media on marble, 13 3/4 in. x 10 5/8 in. x 5 1/4 in.
Marie Orensanz, dirigir, 1985. Drawing and mixed media on marble, 13 3/4 in. x 10 5/8 in. x 5 1/4 in.
Marie Orensanz, condensar, 1986. Drawing and mixed media on marble, 19 11/16 in. x 7 1/16 in. x 2 in.
Marie Orensanz, condensar, 1986. Drawing and mixed media on marble, 19 11/16 in. x 7 1/16 in. x 2 in.
Marie Orensanz, elevar, 1986. Drawing and mixed media on marble, 36 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.
Marie Orensanz, elevar, 1986. Drawing and mixed media on marble, 36 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.
Marie Orensanz, elevar (detail), 1986. Drawing and mixed media on marble, 36 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.
Marie Orensanz, elevar (detail), 1986. Drawing and mixed media on marble, 36 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.
Marie Orensanz, solitaires, 1977. Acrylic and mixed media, 22 1/16 in. x 29 15/16 in.
Marie Orensanz, solitaires, 1977. Acrylic and mixed media, 22 1/16 in. x 29 15/16 in.
Marie Orensanz, lin usuel, 1977. Acrylic and mixed media, 22 1/6 in. x 29 15/16 in.
Marie Orensanz, lin usuel, 1977. Acrylic and mixed media, 22 1/6 in. x 29 15/16 in.
Marie Orensanz, belladone, 1976. Acrylic and mixed media, 19 11/16 in. x 27 9/16 in.
Marie Orensanz, belladone, 1976. Acrylic and mixed media, 19 11/16 in. x 27 9/16 in.
Marie Orensanz, anémona des bois, 1976. Acrylic and mixed media, 19 11/16 in. x 27 9/16 in.
Marie Orensanz, anémona des bois, 1976. Acrylic and mixed media, 19 11/16 in. x 27 9/16 in.
Marie Orensanz, poder-comunica, 1974. Acrylic and mixed media, 19 11/16 in. x 27 9/16 in.
Marie Orensanz, poder-comunica, 1974. Acrylic and mixed media, 19 11/16 in. x 27 9/16 in.
Marie Orensanz, energie 2, 2012. Folded paper, mixed media on paper, 24 3/8 in. x 15 3/4 in.
Marie Orensanz, energie 2, 2012. Folded paper, mixed media on paper, 24 3/8 in. x 15 3/4 in.
Marie Orensanz, lumière 2, 2012. Folded paper, mixed media on paper, 24 3/8 in. x 15 3/4 in.
Marie Orensanz, lumière 2, 2012. Folded paper, mixed media on paper, 24 3/8 in. x 15 3/4 in.
Marie Orensanz, construcción, 1986. Drawing on canvas, mixed media, 9 7/16 in. x 7 7/8 in.
Marie Orensanz, construcción, 1986. Drawing on canvas, mixed media, 9 7/16 in. x 7 7/8 in.
Marie Orensanz, reconstrucción, 1986. Drawing on canvas, mixed media, 9 7/16 in. x 7 7/8 in.
Marie Orensanz, reconstrucción, 1986. Drawing on canvas, mixed media, 9 7/16 in. x 7 7/8 in.

Press Release

Opening reception with the artist: Tuesday, April 14, 6-8 pm

Sicardi Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of work by Marie Orensanz (b. 1936, Argentina). The exhibition, ...a path to share... includes the artist's installation of 20 white opaline bells, ...in honor... of whom? (1999-2015), as well as a suite of vintage mixed media works on paper from the 1970s and several marble sculptures. The exhibition will be accompanied by an essay by curator Domitille d'Orgeval. The artist and curator will be present at the opening reception.

Marie Orensanz began her artistic career studying painting with two of the foundational artists of Argentine Modernism: Emilio Pettoruti and Antonio Seguí. An active member of the art scene in Buenos Aires in the 1960s and 1970s, she participated in the exhibitions and cultural activities organized by the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, and she was involved with the Centro de Arte y Comunicación. In 1972, she moved to Milan. The proximity to Carrara and its marble quarries sparked her early production in stone. She has continued to work with fragments of marble, making them into books and sculptures, since the 1970s.

In 1975, Orensanz moved to Paris, eventually becoming a naturalized French citizen. Three years later, she wrote a “Manifesto of Fragmentism,” in which she outlined the conceptual basis of her works, many of which are deeply informed by the practice of drawing. Written in Spanish, English, and French, the Manifesto reads: “Fragmentism searches for integration of a part with a totality; transforms by multiple readings in an object non-terminate and unlimited, traversing time and space.”

Orensanz’s works are collected by numerous public institutions, including: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario (MACRO), Rosario, Argentina; Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d’Art mod- erne, Paris, France; Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France; Fond National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France; Bremen Museum, Germany; and Museo de Arte Latinoamericano Contemporáneo de Managua, Nicaragua; among many others.

The exhibition continues through July 3, 2015.

For more information, please visit www.sicardigallery.com, call 713-529-1313, or write to press@sicardi.com.