Ikebana Politica

Claudia del Río was born in Rosario, Argentina, in 1957. She is a poet, visual artist, teacher and curator. She graduated from the School of Arts at the National University of Rosario, where she currently teaches. She is the founder of the project ‘Club del Dibujo’ (‘Drawing Club’). During the 1980s, she was involved in performances, mail-art and multiple publications. She has represented Argentina in numerous international biennales, and has participated in more than 200 collective exhibitions. Her works are part of public and private collections in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, the USA and Spain. She has been guest artist in many programs and art clinics organized by the Antorchas Foundation and the National Arts Fund in Argentina. She has published the books Litoral y Cocacola (Ivan Rosado, 2012), Pieza Pizarrón (2013), Ikebana política (2016) and Hola, Sol gigante (2018).

SUMARIO: 2005: La geometría tranquiliza – 2006: ¿Quién quieres que te eduque? – 2007: Argentina es un país lleno de gestos – 2008: ¿Será el arte argentino una artesanía desesperada? – 2009: Enero no existe en esta parte del mundo – 2010: No somos Europa, me digo cada mañana cuando me pongo las ojotas – 2011: La curiosidad me dio una vida – 2012: ¿La cátedra es fordista o pyme? – 2013: Como si el Facebook fuera ahora mi diario – 2014: El taller es un núcleo – 2015: Diario de Bispo. Río de Janeiro.