Alejandra Laviada

Through sculptural projects constructed with objects recovered from houses in the process of demolition, ceramic circles, and metal hoops, Alejandra Laviada explores the circularity of time and spaces in transition, where every act of construction occurs simultaneously with its destruction.

This exhibition marks her first solo show in a museum. The works are part of a research process that, after more than twenty years devoted to abandoned buildings, shifts the focus from the photographic image to the sculptural object. For the first time, she approaches the house as a material to work with: a gesture of claiming time in order to resist oblivion and appropriate the memory of others.

Saturday, January 31 | 1:30 pm
Opening + guided tour with the artist

Throughout the tour, the artist will share her working processes in the construction of sculptures using objects recovered from abandoned or soon-to-be-demolished buildings, in dialogue with her research into the notion of circular time and resistance to oblivion.

Alejandra Laviada is a Mexican artist based between Paris and Mexico City. She studied Fine Arts at the Rhode Island School of Design and completed a master’s degree at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her multidisciplinary practice emerges from the intersections of different media such as photography, sculpture, ceramics, and video, redefining their boundaries. Her work stems from an introspective exploration of personal experiences and is articulated around the notion of time from philosophical, scientific, and spiritual perspectives. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Mexico, the United States, and Europe, and is part of the collections of Museo Jumex, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, as well as various private collections.

— MAZ

Curators: Viviana Kuri Haddad and Maya Renée Escárcega
Lola Álvarez Bravo Gallery, MAZ