Marta Chilindron at Frieze NY 2019

El Museo del Barrio invited Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. to participate in Frieze’s “Diálogos” section with a presentation of sculptures by Marta Chilindron. Created especially for this occasion, the artist presents two new manipulable works: "Star," which captures the vibrant and malleable geometry of nature, and "Tall," a five foot-high sculpture comprised of fluorescent and iridescent acrylics of various colors which both invite and challenge the viewer's eye.

Our booth’s selection of Chilindron’s artworks all share an emphasis on movement, optics, perception, and the constant flux of our uncertain realities. Marta Chilindron explores perspective, time, and spatial relationships through malleable sculptures that invite visitor participation. Her artworks alternate between flat, abstract compositions, and fully three-dimensional forms. Working with both transparent and color acrylics, Chilindron’s structures change in both shape and color according to the viewer’s perspective.

Marta Chilindron (b. 1951, Buenos Aires; lives and works in New York) received a BFA from the State University of New York in 1980, and studied at the Valdotavo Studio Camnitzer-Porter in 1977 and 1978. Her work is included in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas; the Blanton Museum of Art, Texas; El Museo del Barrio, New York; the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami; and the Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona; among others.