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Laura Anderson Barbata

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Sin título/Untitled, 1996 wood, feathers, porcupine quills, and wool, unique 21 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 5 in. / 55 x 50 x 13 cm

Sin título/Untitled, 1996
wood, feathers, porcupine quills, and wool, unique
21 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 5 in. / 55 x 50 x 13 cm

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Semilla líquida/Liquid Seed, 1994 wood, unique 52 x 5 x 3 1/2 in. / 132 x 13 x 9 cm

Semilla líquida/Liquid Seed, 1994
wood, unique
52 x 5 x 3 1/2 in. / 132 x 13 x 9 cm

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Self-Portrait, 1993 (printed 1997) chromogenic print, edition of 3 39 3/4 x 30 in. / 101 x 76.2 cm

Self-Portrait, 1993 (printed 1997)
chromogenic print, edition of 3
39 3/4 x 30 in. / 101 x 76.2 cm

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Planta mágica kaahl/Magic Plant Kaahl, 1994 graphite, charcoal, and oil pastel on paper 68 7/8 x 33 1/2 in. / 174.9 x 85.1 cm

Planta mágica kaahl/Magic Plant Kaahl, 1994
graphite, charcoal, and oil pastel on paper
68 7/8 x 33 1/2 in. / 174.9 x 85.1 cm

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Antiguo luto/Ancient Mourning, 1993 charcoal, graphite, and pastel on canvas 50 1/2 x 58 1/2 in. / 128.3 x 148.6 cm

Antiguo luto/Ancient Mourning, 1993
charcoal, graphite, and pastel on canvas
50 1/2 x 58 1/2 in. / 128.3 x 148.6 cm

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Sin título/Untitled, 1992 charcoal, pastel, graphite, and wood carving on paper 39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in. / 100 x 120 cm

Sin título/Untitled, 1992
charcoal, pastel, graphite, and wood carving on paper
39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in. / 100 x 120 cm

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Germen de la vida-muerte/Seed of Life-Death, 1991 charcoal, graphite, and pastel on cotton rag paper hand made in India 16 x 23 1/8 in. / 40.6 x 58.7 cm

Germen de la vida-muerte/Seed of Life-Death, 1991
charcoal, graphite, and pastel on cotton rag paper hand made in India
16 x 23 1/8 in. / 40.6 x 58.7 cm

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Flores de pecado #2. De la serie: Orígenes/Flowers of Sin #2. From the series: Origins, 1988 charcoal and graphite on paper 40 1/2 x 33 1/4 in. / 103 x 84.5 cm

Flores de pecado #2. De la serie: Orígenes/Flowers of Sin #2. From the series: Origins, 1988
charcoal and graphite on paper
40 1/2 x 33 1/4 in. / 103 x 84.5 cm

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Sin título/Untitled, 1996 wood, feathers, porcupine quills, and wool, unique 21 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 5 in. / 55 x 50 x 13 cm

Sin título/Untitled, 1996
wood, feathers, porcupine quills, and wool, unique
21 5/8 x 19 5/8 x 5 in. / 55 x 50 x 13 cm

Semilla líquida/Liquid Seed, 1994 wood, unique 52 x 5 x 3 1/2 in. / 132 x 13 x 9 cm

Semilla líquida/Liquid Seed, 1994
wood, unique
52 x 5 x 3 1/2 in. / 132 x 13 x 9 cm

Self-Portrait, 1993 (printed 1997) chromogenic print, edition of 3 39 3/4 x 30 in. / 101 x 76.2 cm

Self-Portrait, 1993 (printed 1997)
chromogenic print, edition of 3
39 3/4 x 30 in. / 101 x 76.2 cm

Planta mágica kaahl/Magic Plant Kaahl, 1994 graphite, charcoal, and oil pastel on paper 68 7/8 x 33 1/2 in. / 174.9 x 85.1 cm

Planta mágica kaahl/Magic Plant Kaahl, 1994
graphite, charcoal, and oil pastel on paper
68 7/8 x 33 1/2 in. / 174.9 x 85.1 cm

Antiguo luto/Ancient Mourning, 1993 charcoal, graphite, and pastel on canvas 50 1/2 x 58 1/2 in. / 128.3 x 148.6 cm

Antiguo luto/Ancient Mourning, 1993
charcoal, graphite, and pastel on canvas
50 1/2 x 58 1/2 in. / 128.3 x 148.6 cm

Sin título/Untitled, 1992 charcoal, pastel, graphite, and wood carving on paper 39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in. / 100 x 120 cm

Sin título/Untitled, 1992
charcoal, pastel, graphite, and wood carving on paper
39 3/8 x 47 1/4 in. / 100 x 120 cm

Germen de la vida-muerte/Seed of Life-Death, 1991 charcoal, graphite, and pastel on cotton rag paper hand made in India 16 x 23 1/8 in. / 40.6 x 58.7 cm

Germen de la vida-muerte/Seed of Life-Death, 1991
charcoal, graphite, and pastel on cotton rag paper hand made in India
16 x 23 1/8 in. / 40.6 x 58.7 cm

Flores de pecado #2. De la serie: Orígenes/Flowers of Sin #2. From the series: Origins, 1988 charcoal and graphite on paper 40 1/2 x 33 1/4 in. / 103 x 84.5 cm

Flores de pecado #2. De la serie: Orígenes/Flowers of Sin #2. From the series: Origins, 1988
charcoal and graphite on paper
40 1/2 x 33 1/4 in. / 103 x 84.5 cm

“Nature dictates everything, all activities: health, productivity, mobility, life, and death. One must learn to commune with this reality wholeheartedly, and to do so with humility, with respect, and with gratitude—and if you can do that, you will be able “listen” to it and to learn.”  

— Laura Anderson Barbata

Laura Anderson Barbata - Artists - Marlborough New York

Laura Anderson Barbata.

About

Born in Mexico City, Laura Anderson Barbata is a transdisciplinary artist, who lives and works in New York and Mexico City. Since 1992 she has worked primarily in the social realm, and has initiated projects in the Venezuelan Amazon, Trinidad and Tobago, Mexico, Norway, and the United States. Among them is her ongoing project The Repatriation of Julia Pastrana, begun in 2005, which resulted in the removal of Pastrana’s body from the Schreiner Collection in Oslo and its successful repatriation and burial in Sinaloa, Mexico, Pastrana’s birth state. The project continues with upcoming publications, zines, exhibitions, and performances. 

Barbata is also known for her project Transcommunality (2001–present), working with stilt walkers, artists and artisans from Mexico, New York, and the Caribbean. This project has been presented at various museums, schools, and other venues as exhibitions and “Interventions”, among them the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; BRIC Arts | Media House, Brooklyn; Rutgers University, New Jersey; United Nations Plaza, New York; University of Wisconsin, Madison; Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Mexico; Museo de la Ciudad de México; MUCA Roma, UNAM, Mexico City; the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and Newcomb Art Museum, New Orleans.

Her work is in various private and public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York; el Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico.; Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany; Fundación Cisneros; Museo Carrillo Gil, Mexico City, Mexico; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, California; Museum of Latin American Art MOLAA, Long Beach, California; USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California; Museo de Arte de Lima, Peru; Museo Jaureguía, Navarra, Spain; and Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, among others

Her work has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Sculpture Today (Phaidon Press), Kunstforum Germany, ARTnews, Art in America, ArtNexus, and 160 Años de Fotografía en México (INBA). 

Barbata is a recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center artist in residence, 2019; the Anonymous Was a Woman 2016 Award; Defense of Human Rights Award 2017 from the Instituto de Administración Pública de Tabasco, México; Honorary Fellow of LACIS (the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program), University of Wisconsin, Madison; Fellow of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary TBA21 Academy; Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Creadores, México (2014-2017) and professor at the Escuela Nacional de Escultura, Pintura y Grabado La Esmeralda of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes from 2010 until 2015.

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