ANTONIA GUZMÁN
LAZOS DE AMOR / LOVE TIES
Antonia Guzmán was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1954. She graduated from the Prilidiano Pueyrredón National School of Fine Arts and has since participated in numerous individual and group shows in museums, galleries, and public institutions in Argentina, Europe, the United States, and Canada.
The Americas Collection art gallery, located in Coral Gables, Florida, has represented Antonia Guzmán for almost a decade. This gallery has actively promoted her work in numerous solo exhibitions and various art fairs like ArtMiami, Arteaméricas, and Red Dot.
During the months of November and December 2009, The Americas Collection will present Lazos de Amor / Love Ties, an exhibition of Guzmán’s most recent work. In this new series, her paintings are visual poems that revolve around her family life and the many complexities that emanate from it.
Each painting offers a glimpse into a moment in time in which an intimate exchange is taking place. Guzmán titles her paintings carefully, offering some clarity by connecting the dots between the viewer’s personal interpretation and the artist’s intent.
The childlike characters that fly across her canvases, intertwining with one another, emphasize themes of family bond, heritage, fragile unions and/or unstable connections. Underneath the vivid colors and playful compositions, the artist reveals a world of complex emotions. To her, there is nothing stronger than the unconditional ties that form within the family, despite how burdensome these relationships may become.
As Antonia herself puts it: “What else is love if not those links, mandates, divisions, unions, and that powerful force that attracts and rejects”.
