LIBERTY

Débora Delmar

At GALLLERIA PÌU, Bologna

September 24 — November 26, 2022

Photography: Stefano Maniero
In LIBERTY, the artist continues her investigation on the circulation of goods, property ownership, and the boundary between private and public space, highlighting the current cost of living crisis. The title provides several stimuli and refers not only to Liberty of London (one of the longest running luxury department stores in English history)  an “artistic shopping paradise” as defined by Oscar Wilde, but also to the value of goods, analysing their origin,  production, distribution and consumption.

The interventions and artworks in the exhibition follow the typical modus operandi of  the Mexican born, London based artist. The production is carried out mostly through online purchases, as well as including objects and images obtained and encountered by the artists throughout her travels and day to day experiences. The result of this juxtaposition of personal and global references generates works that appear familiar, yet are simultaneously alien.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication of an editorial project containing two newly commissioned texts: an essay by Gianluca Didino, a contemporary thinker-writer; whose text  brings together a series of personal cues and historical-theoretical notions in order to narrate the different facets of  the themes introduced by Debora Delmar. The second text by Joshua Leon, a poet, writer and visual artist, takes the form of a travel diary coupled together with a diagram developed following discussions with the artist about the exhibition, which illustrates the conceptual processes she carried out.
Installation view
Installation view
Débora Delmar, GUARDS, 2022, One way silver mirror film installed on gallery windows, dimensions variable
Débora Delmar, GUARDS, 2022, One way silver mirror film installed on gallery windows, dimensions variable
Débora Delmar, LOCATOR (38b), 2022, Lucande Kosman LED house number lamp, plexiglass, 80 x 60 x 13 cm
Débora Delmar, LOCATOR (36c), 2022, Light and house number at the same time -Loena outdoor LED wall lamp, plexiglass, 80 x 60 x 13 cm
Débora Delmar, LOCATOR (43), 2022, Beautiful lamp for house number Modena 7655 black, plexiglass, 120 x 30 x 40 cm
Débora Delmar, LOCATOR (5), 2022 Loena outdoor LED wall lamp, plexiglass, 120 x 30 x 40 cm
Installation view
Débora Delmar, RESIDENCE I, 2022 Sylvanian Families 5393 Sweet Raspberry Home, Sylvanian Families 5303 Red Roof Cosy Cottage, 1 x Ancient Metal Fence (set of 4 metal garden fences), 122 x 116.5 cm
Débora Delmar, RESIDENCE I (back), 2022 Sylvanian Families 5393 Sweet Raspberry Home, Sylvanian Families 5303 Red Roof Cosy Cottage, 1 x Ancient Metal Fence (set of 4 metal garden fences), 122 x 116.5 cm
Débora Delmar, RESIDENCE II, 2022, Sylvanian Families 5493 Red Roof Tower Home Doll House, 1 x Ancient Metal Fence (set of 4 metal garden fences), 116 x 123 x 123 cm
Débora Delmar, RESIDENCE II (back), 2022, Sylvanian Families 5493 Red Roof Tower Home Doll House, 1 x Ancient Metal Fence (set of 4 metal garden fences), 116 x 123 x 123 cm
Débora Delmar, RESIDENCE III, 2022, Sylvanian Families 2745 House with 3 Stories, 1 x Ancient Metal Fence (set of 4 metal garden fences), 116 x 123 x 123 cm
Débora Delmar, RESIDENCE III (back), 2022, Sylvanian Families 2745 House with 3 Stories, 1 x Ancient Metal Fence (set of 4 metal garden fences), 116 x 123 x 123 cm
Débora Delmar, ROSES, 2022, Direct Print to Dibond (Butler Brushed), 320 x 430mm
Débora Delmar, ROSES, 2022, Direct Print to Dibond (Butler Brushed), 320 x 430mm
Débora Delmar, TRADE, 2022, MEMOEURO Bill, window mount, aluminium frame, 60 x 42.5cm
Débora Delmar, TRADE, 2022, MEMOEURO Bill (detail)
Débora Delmar, GUARDS, 2022, One way silver mirror film installed on gallery windows, dimensions variable

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