ANA AMORIM'S REGISTER OF THE ROUTINE
The exhibition Contar Rutinas (Counting Routines) dedicated by the Cerezales Antonino and Cinia Foundation to the work of Ana Amorim (São Paulo, Brazil, 1956) includes a selection of actions and performative works and installations that reflect the activity of the Brazilian artist from the 1980s to the present. The architecture of this exhibition is marked by the artist's daily conceptual and performative routines, reflecting their influence in the results of monumental dimensions.
Among the selection of 23 works of various sizes, techniques and formats that trace her artistic practice over the last four decades, the installations of Mapas Mentales (Mental Maps), called Grandes Telas (Large Canvases) by the artist, and the records of time she developed in her contextual Contaje de Segundos (Counting Seconds Performances) stand out, both examples of several key aspects that have been shaping the artist's production.
With these practices, Amorim tries to explain her commitment to the activity of recording her life and the lives of those around her, to the meticulous annotation of the reality that surrounds her, a praxis that, at its base, advocates moving away from aesthetic criteria in favor of recurring events and acts.
Counting routines. Ana Amorim can be seen until March 9 at Fundación Cerezales Antonino y Cinia, Antonino Fernández, 76, Cerezales del Condado (Spain).