Ricardo Piglia, Artificial Respiration

The group of paintings in this exhibition are the result of a long research process in which several elements of diverse nature converge. The paintings are based on research conducted for the artist's graduation thesis at the Faculty of Arts of the Universidad Central. This does not mean it is a logical consequence, or an illustration of the research text. Many phenomena have occurred, interferences have appeared, many ideas have been transformed to finally take shape in what we see today.

These works evoke cinema, mental disorders — isolation, obsessive behavior, depression —, the crossing and contamination of the arts, the multiplicity of forms of creation. Mikaela approaches art as a construction rather than the mere expression of a supposed inner life of the artist.

The way she constructs her works, the modes of fabrication of her paintings, traverse various stages and temporalities. Mikaela, with the help of her camera and cell phone, is on the lookout, alert to life in order to capture fog, steam or tides. She takes photos as she finds them: her findings. In other words, this artist does not stage scenes — she finds them. Fog and steam play a preponderant role: while they are thermal elements that give a certain