In honored collaboration with Ana Pellicer and her family, MASA presentsTienes que olvidar para recordar, a solo exhibition spanning five decades of groundbreaking exploration and practice, and the last presentation that the artist was involved in conceiving and realizing. Tienes que olvidar para recordar reflects a life of radical vision and uncompromising artistry, from an artist recognized as a master of direct metal sculpting, as well as an educator and community organizer. Ana Pellicer’s sculptures – ranging in scale from the bodily to the monumental – bridge contemporary experimentation with ancestral memory. In her hands, copper, bronze, and amate became a living language through which she sculpted time – past and future – into objects of enduring form that unsettle distinctions between abstraction and figuration, and decoration and function. The exhibition traces the breadth of her inspiring career, in which Pellicer cultivated a rich and multifaceted practice as a sculptor, goldsmith, and educator, standing at the forefront of arts education in Mexico through her advocacy for the preservation of traditional craftsmanship through education and support of women’s training in metalsmithing.
© the artists; Courtesy of the artists, MASA, Mexico City. Photo: Gerardo Landa & Eduardo López (GLR estudio).
| Hours | By Appointment |
| Venue | MASA Galeria |
| Type | Exhibition |
| Duration | By Appointment |
| City | Mexico City |
About
MASA Galeria
MASA walks the blurry line between art and design. Collectible design. Experimental design. To show, to curate, to write, to build, to question, to provoke, to educate, to learn: these are the desires. Desire might even be at the center of this adventure. MASA is a nomadic project offering space for discourse about design. MASA is cornmeal, a pliable material that quells hunger and sustains culture. With digital, physical, and conceptual presence, MASA challenges convention and presents ideas on a global stage. With an effort to open up conversation and dialogue around material culture, MASA curates exhibitions offering work with integrity, direction and value. MASA was founded in Mexico City by a collective of creatives — Héctor Esrawe, Age Salajõe, Brian Thoreen and Cristobal Riestra, along with Isaac Bissu and Roberto Diaz — whose backgrounds in art, design and architecture are reflected in MASA’s presentation of design at its boundaries.
