SANDRA VÁSQUEZ DE LA HORRA

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra

1967 Vina del Mar/Chile – lives in Berlin

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, born in 1967 in Viña del Mar, Chile, grew up under the authoritarian regime of Augusto Pinochet. Drawing on history, folklore, mythology, sexuality and her own experiences under the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile, Vásquez de la Horra explores themes of femininity, social hierarchy, oppression, politics and religion. Working mainly with the technique of drawing – either on blank sheets or on reused paper – she invents a fantastic universe populated by a multitude of creatures and symbols. She then dips her mysterious, erotic but also merciless drawings in melted beeswax, giving them a timeless patina and an almost corporeal materiality. The unframed drawings are often nailed next to each other on the wall in a cloud-like form or transformed into leporellos and model-house-like paper sculptures, which in turn evoke diverse associations and endless stories.

Exhibition view

Günzburger

Selected artworks

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra

Nino Cielo Estrellando, 2022
Watercolor, gouache and pencil on wax paper
212 x 156 cm

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La Muerte se apronta, 2012
Graphite on paper in wax
76.5 x 57 cm

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Günzburger

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra

El mito de la piscina, 2017
Graphite, watercolor and gouache on wax paper
54 x 34.5 x 14.5 cm

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Espiritu del Polen, 2021
Watercolor and pencil on wax paper
106 x 78 cm

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Botánica de la Evolución, 2021
Watercolor and pencil on wax paper
156 x 106 cm

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At Home, I’m Home, 2018
Graphite, watercolor and wax on paper
31.5 x 24 cm

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Pacha-Mama Contemplante, 2018
Graphite, watercolor and wax on paper
31.5 x 24 cm

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Vision de las Bermudas, 2018
Graphite, watercolor and wax on paper
56 x 38 cm

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Los Ciclos de los Gigantes, 2018
Graphite, watercolor und gouache on wax paper
56 x 76 cm

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El Horizonte Es Toda Mi Refencia, 2018
Graphite, watercolor on wax paper
50 x 56 x 20 cm

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Los Ciclos de los Gigantes, 2018
Graphite, watercolor and gouache on wax paper
56 x 76 cm

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El Arcoiris En Mí 2018
Graphite, watercolor on wax paper
49.6 x 45 x 14 cm

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Ring of Fire, 2019
Graphite, watercolor and gouache on wax paper
30 x 24 x 24 cm

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Embrionario, 2020
Graphite on wax paper
29.5 x 21 cm

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Los Versos Al Vacío, 2020
Graphite on wax paper
29.5 x 21 cm

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Meditante, 2020
Graphite on wax paper
29.5 x 21 cm

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La Cuchara, 2020
Graphite on wax paper
29.5 x 21 cm

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Flotante, 2020
Graphite on wax paper
29.5 x 21 cm

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El Alquimista, 2020
Graphite and watercolor on paper wax
65 x 35 x 9 cm

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Dictando Poemas, 2020
Graphite, Watercolor, oil and sand on paper wax
70.5 x 49.7 cm

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La Primera Mujer, 2020
Graphite, watercolor and gouache on paper wax (Diptych)
each 65 x 50 cm

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Un Lirio para Tí, 2020
Graphite on wax paper
29.5 x 21 cm

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El Arcoiris en frente de mis ojos, 2020
Graphite, watercolor and gouache on paper wax
67 x 102.5 cm

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Haenjo, 2020
Graphite, watercolor und gouache on wax paper (Triptych)
each 67 x 103 cm

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Katalog

TWIN SOULS

11. Juni – 12. Juli 2022

Ausstellungen

8. September – 06. November 2017

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra

Feinnervig und verletzlich, diese Attribute treffen ebenso sehr auf die Bilder von Sandra Vásquez de la Horra zu, wie erbarmungslos, grotesk und verstörend. Es sind Arbeiten auf Papier voll gegensätzlicher Empfindungen. Die Künstlerin macht keine leichte Kunst.

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