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La capitana | Wall Sculpture in Wall Hangings by Lucia Warck-Meister | Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah. Item made of ceramic with glass
La capitana | Wall Sculpture in Wall Hangings by Lucia Warck-Meister | Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah. Item made of ceramic with glass
La capitana | Wall Sculpture in Wall Hangings by Lucia Warck-Meister | Katonah Museum of Art in Katonah. Item made of ceramic with glass

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Lucia Warck-Meister

La capitana - Wall Hangings

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DimensionsWeight
36H x 48W x 3D in
91.44H x 121.92W x 7.62D cm
4.99 kg
11 lb

cold porcelain, tempered glass. 48" x 36" x 3". This work is part of a series of portraits of Latin American women who fought in the wars of independence, for the federalization of countries, and the rights of native peoples. But history has made them invisible. Only a few names remained. Bringing back these names is to name us all.
I am interested in Remedios del Valle, called La Capitana because she gathers in her person as much strength as precariousness.
A woman who had been enslaved, subjected to abuse, and marginalized by her origin. I reconstruct her identity by crafting numerous braids, coils, and magnolias. Braids in Latin America are a symbol of femininity and resistance.  I use porcelain, charcoal, and small pieces of broken tempered glass as alchemy that generates change.

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Lucia Warck-Meister
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Wescover creator since 2020
Lucia Warck-Meister holds an MFA from UNA University Buenos Aires. Her works have been exhibited at the Palm Beach International Biennial, Florida; Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Bellevue, WA; Museo del Barrio, New York; Museum of the Americas, Washington DC; Point of Contact Gallery Syracuse University; Griffiss Sculpture Park, Rome, NY; Miura Museum of Art, Matsuyama City, Japan; Briggens Museum, Bergen, Norway, DUMBO Arts Festival, New York; Deutsche Bank Foundation, New York; Piedmont Biennial, Torino, Italy; National Endowment for the Arts, Buenos Aires, MAR MUSEUM, Buenos Aires; Recoleta Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, MAT Tigre Art Museum, Buenos Aires; MUMBAT, Tandil; Timoteo Navarro Museum, Tucumán, Argentina.
She is the recipient of the following awards: 2019 National Endowment for the Arts Grant; 2017, SACO6 Antofagasta, Chile; 2014, Ibermuseum Prize; 2009 Pollock-Krasner Fellowship, New York; 2007 Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome, Italy; in 2006 she won the First Prize at the Biennial of Sculpture in Public Spaces, Palm Beach, Florida. Lucia has been an artist in residence at Oolite, Miami; ISLA, Antofagasta, Chile; Sculpture Space, Utica, NY; School of Visual Arts: Public Art Residency, New York; CAMAC, Marnay-Sur-Seine, France; NYFA’s Mentoring Program – New York Foundation for the Arts, NY. She has been recently selected for a two-year studio residency at The Bakehouse, Miami, FL.
www.luciawarckmeister.com