The Immortality of Affections
Ana Won
January 20th, – February 18th, 2024
Opening Reception:
January 20th, 2024, 5-8 PM
KDR | 790 NW 22nd, Miami, FL 33127
ANA WON
The Immortality of Affections
January 20th - February 18th, 2024
Opening Reception: January 20th, 2024, 5-8 PM
KDR | 790 NW 22nd, Miami, FL 33127
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
KDR is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Argentinian artist Ana Won, marking her debut in the United States. "The Immortality of Affections" will be on view from January 20th to February 18th, 2024.
In a captivating whirlpool of materialities, languages, and traditions, Ana Won's works seek to evoke the unknown. Won explores the magical and alchemical spiritual approach to making her paintings. Won's influences are absorbed through her Catholic upbringing, discovery and research of Argentina's hieroglyphic caverns, and the native northwestern Tucumán culture.
In "The Immortality of Affections," Won pushes the boundaries of conventional painting. Each piece is presented within sturdy wooden forms, meticulously serving as frame and ornament, reflecting the playful nature inherent in her works. Exploring internal and external relationships takes center stage in varied compositions, presented as diptychs and quadriptych works, inviting viewers to contemplatively engage with the enduring nature of human connections. Wooden sculptures adorned with crowns and legs that seemingly float or dance contain and treasure the magnetic fields described on the canvases.
Since the dawn of humanity, the imperative to express oneself has been woven into the fabric of our collective existence. With her profound insight, Won sees the image as a mediator connecting the living and the dead, humans and gods, communities and cosmologies—an ethereal bridge spanning visible and invisible forces. Won transforms her works into sentient beings acting as time machines traversing past, present, and future. They capture the traces of ages that course through our intimate spaces—a testament to the enduring curiosity of our species and our quest to understand, leaving a lasting mark.
Ana Won (B. 1989 in Tucumán, Argentina) Exhibitions include Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA), Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires (MAMBA), Timoteo Navarro Museum of Tucumán, Museum of Contemporary Latin American Art of La Plata (MACLA), Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK), Klemm Foundation, Espacio Cripta, Fact Foundation and Russia Gallery. Solo exhibitions include "Songs and Shouts" at Constitución Galería in Buenos Aires and "Episodes of Painting" at Galería Lateral in Tucumá. Her works are part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires (MAMBA), and she received a distinction from the First Central Bank Award of the Argentine Republic. She studied at Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT), Yungas Arte Contemporáneo, National Endowment for the Arts, Russia Gallery, URRA Residence, CURADORA, and ZONA Residence. Won lives and works in Argentina.
Image: Ana Won, The immortality of affections, 2023, chalk, pastel, oil on canvas, carved and polished wood, and glazed ceramic. 64⅛ x 57⅛ x 2 in. For images and information, please contact info@kdr305.com
