Luciano
Giménez

Her work explores the material and formal possibilities of local clay, the same used by the brick manufacturing industry in the city of Córdoba, with the particular premise of working on a larger and less common scale in local ceramics.

Bio

He is interested in showing how a material and an infrastructure used by the industry for specific purposes, scale, and processes can reach entirely different places, demonstrating the possibility of constructing very large pieces with a type of clay typically used for producing serialized and continuous pieces, such as bricks.

These formations emerge from exploring the inherent logic allowed by the material and the very cadence of the work: the unfolding in relation to its moisture, structure, possibilities, and limitations. In this almost meditative process, there is a mimetic intention to replicate the physiognomies of geological formations, the abstract and organic randomness of the landscape, and to imitate the building methods of African ants, potter wasps, and hornero birds, as well as the effects of wind and water erosion.

She has participated in numerous exhibitions, both solo and collective, within and beyond her country.

Currently, she specializes in large-scale ceramic murals and sculptures. She is a member of the ceramic collective Casiopea and the drawing collective Carbonillas Project.

Selected works

Oscillating Shell

Hand-extruded modeling, in red Córdoba clay; low-temperature fired (1040°C) in an oxidizing atmosphere. Modules sewn with steel cable

Variable measurements

2024-2025

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Floating shell

Hand-extruded modeling in red Córdoba clay; low-temperature fired (1040°C) in an oxidizing atmosphere. Modules sewn with steel cable

Variable measurements

2024-2025

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House

Hand-extruded modeling in red Córdoba clay; low-temperature fired (1040°C) in an oxidizing atmosphere. Pieces sewn with fluorescent fishing line

Variable measurements

2024-2025

CONTACT

Idleness

Hand-extruded modeling in red Córdoba clay; low-temperature fired (1040°C) in an oxidizing atmosphere. Pieces sewn with fluorescent fishing line

Variable measurements

2024-2025

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Flag Shell

Hand-extruded modeling in red Córdoba clay; low-temperature fired (1040°C) in an oxidizing atmosphere; piece smoked afterward. Modules sewn with steel cable

Variable measurements

2024-2025

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