Sana, Amsterdam, 1981. Anthropologist, artist, jeweler. Her work oscillates between disciplines, theory and practice, the real and the symbolic. Her interest lies in weaving a bridge between the artistic and the anthropological realm. The theoretical bases of cultural anthropology and its working methods intertwine with artistic praxis in many ways. She is always navigating between theories about the material and the material (and its process) itself. Studying a postgraduate in curatorship at EINA, Barcelona, 2021.
THE MOUNTAINS ON MY PATH
An intimate work, tracing, painting and sewing my personal story on paper. I imagine life as an infinite path, but ephemeral at the same time.
Living with the Puruwa indigenous people in the highlands of Ecuador I learned how they shaped their history, their environment and their space: through the mountains in the landscape. Tayta (father) Chimborazo as in love with the beautiful Tungurahua volcano, and many symbolic anthropomorphic representations. There was a world behind the mountain, quite unknown, where fantasy came to shape a range of possibilities.Thus the mountains represent a cultural narrative thread but are also essential for the person's location in the environment. Mountains become essential reference points in the physical, spiritual, symbolic and physical world.
In my drawings a symbolic and guiding type of mountain appears, a solid black shape. It goes from paths, lines and traces, to orientation points., landmarks. My origin as an anthropologist makes me want to interweave artistic practice with a more anchored, anthropological theory.
In this project I am inspired (among others) by the work of the anthropologist Tim Ingold, Univeristy of Aberdeen. His research on ' lines' in all facets of human life allows for a very enriching vision.2020, mixed media on paper
Part of this project is the filming of 1 minute of walking every day during a year. Follow the videos on www.instagram.com/365caminos
EROSION | TODO PASA Y TODO CAMBIA
Everything happens and everything changes.
The moment is history, impossible to reconstruct.
Elements in recomposition, vital.It speaks to me about what we are, and what we are not.
Of what exists when we look.
And that I am the trace.A recording made on any given morning. A 20-minute video installation showing the subtle erosion of the surface.
2020, video installationART
'emptiness is not a lack of things, but the matrix of all things'
LUNA LUNA LUNA....
¨Luna, luna, luna, luna,
del tiempo de la aceituna.
Luna, luna, luna, luna.
...
Señor alcalde, sus niñas
están mirando a la luna...¨
A version of a poem by Lorca, as sung to me by my fatherInstallation of 9 individual ink drawings (10x10cm) on handmade paper on wood, 2019
FOCUS - DUENDE
Five stills with overlaying drawing (20 x 20 cm). Taken from the video ¨Movement in Red¨, 2019
SECOND SKIN
Work made together with Guillermo Basagoiti Brown, for the project "En Expansión" 2019, lenticular print.
ANATOMIES OF THE HEART
Here I use a schematic representation (like the illustrations that we could find in vintage human anatomy books) to create poetic maps of the heart.
Thus exploring the layers that exist between how we show ourselves to the outside world and how we let our loved ones come closer to our core.A small selection of the work is available for purchasing online, below in the SHOP.
2019 & 2020, mixed media
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ESPACIO COMPLICES, MADRID
2020
Videopieza Erosión/Todo Pasa. De 29.8.2020 a 11.09.2020.
Videowork Erosion. From 29.8.2020 to 11.09.2020.
Horarios de atención público verano/ Opening hours:
17hs a 20hsMetro Lavapiés / Antón Martín
ESPACIO COMPLICES
Calle Salitre 23
Barrio Lavapiés, Madrid 28012
TALLER
COLLAGE CONTEMPORANI
ESPAI madeleine spierer, la bisbal
2020
El dia 8 de març, diumenge, dia de la dona, aprofito per celebrar la dona al món del art.
Impartiré un taller de 'collage contemporani' dins el espai artistic de l'artista suissa Madeleine Spierer a La Bisbal d'Empordà.
• Visitarem la seva instal.lació immersiva i despres farem uns treballs amb papels artesanals (la seva obra també esta feta de paper).
• max 4 persones. Taller mati 11.00 a 13.00, tarda 17.00 a 19.00.
• contribució 20€, tots el materials i la visita inclòsos.
• reservar la teva plaça a hola@sanalopezabellan.com o el 638061227
• els tallers es faran dintre del seu espai al Carrer Pella i Forgas, la Bisbal d'EmpordàESPAI MADELEINE SPIERER
Carrer Pella i Forgas 6
reservació: 638061227 o hola@sanalopezabellan.com
08.03.2020
ANATOMIES OF THE HEART
GALERIE ZÔNE, LEIDEN (NL)
2020
Installation of 100 drawings exploring the depths and details of the human heart. Solo exhibition. December 2020.
Instalación de 100 dibujos que exploran los detalles del corazón humano. Exposición individual. Desembre 2020.GALERIE ZÔNE
Galerie voor toegepaste kunst
Nieuwstraat 17b
Leiden, Nederland01.12.2020 - 31.12.2020
100/100 ART
S.tudio , la Bisbal d'empordà
2019
Pop Up 14 & 15 diciembre.
Participan: Clara Gassiot @claragassiot_artista, Olivia Flecha (@flechaolivia ), Anna Buxaderas (@anna.buxaderas) y yo Sana López Abellán (@sana.lopez.abellan) con joyas y obra en 2d.
S.TUDIO
Carrer Paral.lel
La Bisbal d'Empordà
14.12.2019 - 15.12.2019
ANATOMÍAS DEL CORAZÓN
Museo do Mar, VIGO (ES)
2019
Installation of 9 drawings exploring the human heart. Organized by Apo'strophe.arte, Vigo.
Instalación de 9 dibujos que exploran los detalles del corazón humano. Certamen de Arte, impulsado por Apo'strophe.arte, Vigo.
MUSEO DO MAR DE GALICIA
Avenida Atlántida 160
36208 Vigo, Galicia
España04.12.2019 - 06.01.2019
FIA- Festival de Intervenciones artísticas
Sevilla (ES) - malaga (Es)- Buenos aires (AR)
2019
The video "Movement in Red" will be projected on the facade of the Amalio Museum in Seville, Spain, on the International Artist Encounter in Malaga and consequently in Buenos Aires, Argentina as well. There are 12 selected shorts that all have in common that they are from the hand of female directors.Catalogue: https://issuu.com/laboratoriodeartee/docs/fia
El video "Movimiento en Rojo" se proyectará en la fachada del Museo Amalio en Sevilla, España y el Encuentro Internacional de artistas en Malaga y despues en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Se han seleccionado 12 cortometrajes de dirección femenina para esta primera edición del festival.
FIA- Festival de Intervenciones Artisticas
Catálogo: https://issuu.com/laboratoriodeartee/docs/fia
SOCIAL MEDIA
