ArtDependence | Aina Pomar

Aina Pomar, UK, Spain

Aina Pomar graduated in Sociology and Photography before completing a Master in New Media Art Curatorship. She has collaborated with Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró in Majorca and with CCCBLab and Fundació Foto Colectania in Barcelona. She moved to London to work at the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain, where she coordinated visual arts and exhibition projects with the aim of promoting Spanish culture and artists across the United Kingdom. She currently collaborates with various galleries and art projects in London.

Articles (15)

Article date: Sunday, November 15, 2015

Cristina Iglesias, the sculptor of water

Cristina Iglesias has said on many occasions that she defines her practice as building, rather than as sculpting. Her work has in fact an architectural approach, not only for the technical requirements of her sculptures, but also due to the ambitious challenges she achieves.

Article date: Tuesday, November 3, 2015

“I don’t want to plateau as a painter; I don’t want to get comfortable” – an interview with Anj Smith

Apparently surreal and fantastic, Anj Smith’s paintings approach very realistic elements and current human matters. Her largest solo exhibition ‘Phosphor on the Palms’, currently on show at Hauser & Wirth London, is the culmination of three years of work and the expression of a new phase for the artist who, after twenty years painting, feels more brave and bolder than ever. Artdependence talked with Anj Smith about painting, art, languages and fashion in an interview at Hauser&Wirth London last October.

Article date: Tuesday, October 13, 2015

‘Losing the Compass’: the social and political dimension of textiles

From a contemporary point of view, textiles are a powerful source of political and social symbolism. Textile crafting such as embroiderers, quilts or tapestries are a universal form of creative expression, present in the tradition of many communities around the world. Their nature as decorative and domestic elements and also its link with manufacturing processes makes them objects of artistic and socio-political representation.

Article date: Tuesday, August 11, 2015

“I like to explore the ways in which to perform disagreement” – an interview with Marco Godoy

Marco Godoy (Madrid 1986) understands his artistic practice as a way to find spaces from which to redefine social and political events. His works are linked to protest and political art, but the aesthetics and mediums he uses present new approaches from which to address specific topics.

Article date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015

Singularity, Albert Serra’s new project for Venice Biennale

Albert Serra will present Singularity, a project commissioned by the Institut Ramon Llull as the Catalan participation at Venice Biennale, curated by Chus Martínez. The filmmaker previewed this in-development project in London in occasion of his retrospective at Tate Modern.

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