The Burning Project performance took place October 5th, 2024 in San Pedro Fiz de Vilar, Ourense Spain. A project curated by Mateo Feijoo. The project involved the burning of my early paintingsfrom the 7o’s and 80’s after the paintings had been installed for eight months in the households, stables and working spaces of this village’s farmers. The intention is to create new works out of the destruction a learning experience after my twenty year project The Archive of Dust around the recuperation of my destroyed works after 9/11
Fragments of my Ruin, 1980-2022
Installation, of several dishtowels, acrylic and rust on collaged soiled canvas with stitching, 80’s Elena’s paintings collaged with diverse found materials on cardboard a 19th century French Linen torchon and four silver gelatin photographs and a used canvas drop cloth
966 cms. X 350 cms
MACBA, Barcelona : A PRELUDE: POETICS OF INTENTION a curatorial view of MACBA Collection by Elvira Dyangani Ose 2023-2024
Installation views 925 Letters to The Mother 1997-1999
MACBA, Barcelona : A PRELUDE: POETICS OF INTENTION a curatorial view of MACBA Collection by Elvira Dyangani Ose 2023-2024
300 Censored Letters to the Mother 2016-2017 9 x 6.5 inches each