Untitled, 2014
Direct plaster and pigment, Installation, Dimensions variable
In a back and forth between the study of known sculptural procedures and the need for a subjective experience in the physical world, I started to work on the surface of different spaces. What I did was apply plaster directly to the surface, yielding what could be considered low reliefs, paintings, or evidence of a live action, mostly because the work is executed in situ.
What I attempt to do is modify the perception of the space. The café at Proa is conducive to a wide view that relaxes vision as it spreads over the landscape. I wanted to subtly insinuate a circular sense in that panorama by intervening in the wall in front of the viewing point.
To take the “dirty work” of the studio to the exhibition space requires careful attention to each interaction with the material as well as a spontaneous readiness to act in the moment. Everything happens there: the material changes states, going from liquid to solid, a process that is visible in the work rather than deduced from it. The final form is the result of a power struggle, a chemical phenomenon, the work of gravity and a deliberate action that can maneuver that fall so that the work stays up.
Elena Dahn.
Buenos Aires, 1980.
Es egresada de la Licenciatura en comunicación social y realiza estudios en artes visuales en la U.B.A. así como en destacados talleres y clínicas de artistas. En 2009/2010 realiza un programa para artistas en la Universidad Di Tella. En 2011 obtiene una beca de la Fundación MNSEN y realiza un programa de posgrado en el departamento de escultura del RCA, Londres. Exhibe sus trabajos en la Galería Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires, y en A Gentil Carioca, Brasil, entre otros. Vive y trabaja en Buenos Aires.