montse aránega

↑ Som el foc que abrasa (series), 2024. Paper (150 x 300 cm) and drawing pastel. L'Estruch, Fàbrica de creació de les arts en viu. Barcelona, ES.

↑ Som el foc que abrasa, w/ Judith Collell, Karen Gámez, Marta Hermosín, Mireia Mañogil, Adrián Pino Olivera & Judith Morales, 2024. Performance 50’. Paper and drawing pastel. Presentacions NOW. L'Estruch, Fàbrica de creació de les arts en viu. Barcelona, ES.

I have never seen my vagina. Even less my clit. From time to time it takes off like a crest making an appearance. By its warmth I know it is somewhere but my history prevents me from finding it. I want to reconcile with it and be able to access the pleasure of being a body again. That is why I have tried to imagine it materially with clay, speculating about its shape, size and texture. Each figure is a material fiction of this organ, claiming its diversity and multiplicity of pleasures to which we neurodivergent bodies are often forbidden. From a feminist and anti-psychiatric position, this work invites us to reflect on pleasure as a form of challenge and resistance to patriarchal and pharmacological norms imposed on female bodies, LGTBQ+ and dissent.

↑ Elevarse com una cresta, 2024. Clay (variable sizes). Si els cossos fossin cossos. Curated by Cercle de Fades. Centre Cívic Barceloneta. Barcelona, ES.

↑ Vínculo, w/ Judith Collell, 2023. Performance 30’. Paper (150 x 300 cm) and sanguine. Estados de tránsito exposición. Curated by Frank Trobok and Valentina Gaia Lops. Centre Cívic Can Verdaguer. Barcelona, ES.

↑ Diario de una (no) querida (trailer), 2023. Performance 50’. Diary, cutter, cigarette, hospital pyjamas. Feito por Elas #17 & L’Occulta. Barcelona, ES.

↑ Limites, w/ Lulio Garcia & Alessandra B-B, 2023. Performance 80’. Skein of red wool and scissors. 59 Rivoli - Galerie Squatt d’Artistes. Paris, FR.

↑ (left to right) Autoplastia, Apuntes para un incendio de los ojos #1, Apuntes para un incendio de los ojos #2, Sobre sí misma, Fusión, Apuntes para un incendio de los ojos #3, 2023. Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. Various measures. Limites, 59 Rivoli - Galerie Squatt d’Artistes, curated by Lulio Garcia, Alessandra B-B and Montse Aránega. Paris, FR.

↑ Deseaba un silencio, por eso hablaba, w/ Judith Collell, 2023. Performance 60’. Hena. 4bid gallery. Amsterdam, NL.

↑ Un nudo también es un abrazo series, 2022-2023. Numbers from #1 to #16. Textile, various materials (wool, synthetic leather, rope, tulle, organza fabric, etc.) 15 x 20 cm each (approx.) Paris, FR.

↑ Variations and Repetitions series, 2022. Numbers from #1 to #11. Acrylic on canvas. 20 x 20 cm. Paris and Barcelona.

↑ Apuntes para un palimpsesto del tórax, 2022. Performance 20’. Oxheart. École des Arts de la Sorbonne. Paris, FR.

↑ Action Drawing #4, 2022-WIP. Performance 2’15”. Pencil on paper, 150 x 300 cm. École des Arts de la Sorbonne. Paris, FR.

↑ Collective Action Drawing #1, 2022. Performance 1’15”. Charcoal and oil stick on paper, 150 x 200 cm. École des Arts de la Sorbonne. Paris, FR.

↑ Action Drawing #3, 2022. Performance 2’30”. Pencil on paper, 150 x 300 cm. École des Arts de la Sorbonne. Paris, FR. Photos © Eva Chamosa

↑ Action Drawing #2, 2022. Performance 3’40”. Pencil on paper, 150 x 300 cm. École des Arts de la Sorbonne. Paris, FR.

↑ Action Drawing #1, 2022. Performance 3’40”. Pencil on paper, 150 x 270 cm. École des Arts de la Sorbonne. Paris, FR. Photos © Eva Chamosa

↑ Après Virginie Despentes (King Kong), 2021. Performance 10”. Ice cubes, rose, knife, cucumber, cutting board, mop bucket. Pile ou [frasq] #8, Le Générateur. Gentilly, FR.

↑ Untitled, 2021-2022. Performance. Pencil on paper, 50 x 70 cm. École des Arts de la Sorbonne. Paris, FR. Photos © Eva Chamosa.

↑ Autocontemplation de l’Eros Envers soi-même, 2021. Performance 10”. Bottle of wine, needles, banana, mirror, table. Pile ou [frasq] #7, Le Générateur. Gentilly, FR.

↑ 4,543E, 2019. Performance 45”. Shovel. International Performance Art Festival, Cross Attic & Holešovická Šachta Gallery. Prague, CZ.