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THE WORK OF AURORA MOLINA,
SHOWN AT THE
"3RD BIENNIAL ''ARTISTS OF ART SALON'' EXHIBITION" EXHIBITION
AURORA MOLINA HAS PRESENTED AT THE FOLLOWING ART SALON:
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ARTISTS STATEMENT
Aurora Molina is a figurative fiber artist, using embroidery as a drawing instrument, and fabric as a material for building large sculptural installations, tapestries, marionettes, and small wall drawings that capture people of all ages and backgrounds, and the environments in which they live. Each has its own spirit. Each one tells a story that appeals to our social consciousness, whether about childhood or aging, family, climate change or immigration, life in one of the many cultures in which she has lived and worked or anthropoid-like creatures with animal instincts. She says “The use of fabric and embroidery defines my work and honors that centuries-old legacy of women weavers and artisans.”
"To be old today is to slowly become invisible. In this series ( Elders ) I dealt with the everyday lives of the elderly in our postmodern society. In this case specifically, I documented elders on the streets of Fez, Morroco. In today’s culture the elderly are carefully hidden from society's gaze. This series explores the multiple issues related to society's dismissive attitude towards the elderly, reaffirming in the process the need to respect our elders."
Aurora Molina was born in La Havana, Cuba, in 1984, and emigrated to the United States at the age of 16. She received her BA in Fine Arts from Florida International University, specializing in Mixed Media, and her MFA in Contemporary Art at the Universidad Europea de Madrid, in 2009. She lives in Miami, where she is a resident artist at the Bakehouse Art Complex, and is represented by Bernice Steinbaum Gallery. She also works as an art educator, teaching art to kids who are often from disadvantaged backgrounds or with developmental disabilities, in Miami, Oaxaca, Mexico, Yogjakarta, Indonesia, and Kota, India, often related to the aesthetics of their own cultural traditions. |
| AURORA MOLINA'S ARTWORK |
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| Super Natural Humanoids (Elders), 2016 |
| Cotton and thread, transfer image, trapunto |
| 8' H x 2' W |
| $1800 ea (7) |
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| Super Natural Humanoids (Elders) 2017 |
| Cotton and thread, on canvas |
| 4' H x 14" W |
| $750 ea (4) |
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