Selva Aparicio
Fall
Lot closes
June 7, 03:03:30 AM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 18,000 USD
Starting Bid
7,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Selva Aparicio
b. 1987
Fall
Executed in 2017.
Maple leaves gathered from a single tree and compressed in the fall of 2017
Edition 1
10 x 7 x 4 in. (25.4 x 17.8 x 10.2 cm)
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Courtesy of Selva Aparicio and Jennifer Armetta, ENGAGE Projects
Working across sculpture and installation, Selva Aparicio (b. 1987, Barcelona, Spain; lives in Chicago, IL) explores the registers of memory, intimacy, and mourning. Inspired by the cycles of life and death in the natural world, Aparicio combines organic materials, including lettuce leaves, cicada wings, plant seeds, and human hair, with traditional craft techniques, such as weaving, carving, and sewing. Painstakingly handcrafted, Aparicio’s works pair delicate visual beauty with raw emotion. The MCA acquired Aparicio’s work when she was selected as the winner of the 2024 Emerge season. Her work has been exhibited at the MCA, as well as in solo and group exhibitions at venues that include the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT; Can Mario Museum, Palafrugell, Spain; Kyoto International Craft Center, Japan; Instituto Cervantes, New York; and Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, among others.