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Killka
Killka Gallery
Killka Gallery, opened in 2006, is a space destined to the exhibit and sale of work of renowned local artists, national and foreign. Its schedule consist of four annual exhibits, one per season.
CURRENT EXHIBIT
PORTALES
Trasconejada Travesía Imaginaria
MARCELA FURLANI
Junto a Raquel Fluixá, Valeria Señorans, Héctor Ramazzi
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
At Killka Art Gallery, a new chapter begins. Our exhibition space expands and integrates into the architectural surroundings. Artwork floods in the facilities, following us at every step we take. Time is also a constant throughout the exhibition space, marking and guiding the cycles of both nature and culture. Killka’s design is intended to allow us to detach from our daily routine and connect with the world of art and wine. It invites us to travel through space and time. Its architecture offers a way of reinterpreting the ancient construction techniques of the Cuyo region in Argentina. The outcome is a contemporary building that makes a strong Andean impression. The perfect merge between the past and the present.
The name chosen to the building that welcomes the visitor was Killka, which allures guests to come in and taste the wine world. The word “Killka” means portal or gateway and has its origins in the Quechua language. “Portales: trasconejada. Travesía Imaginaria” (Portals: Pursuit and Getting lost. Imaginary Journey), our new expository proposal, is articulated around the concepts of “portal” and “time”. The leading artist Marcela Furlani, along with Raquel Fluixá, Valeria Señorans and Héctor Ramazzi, reinterpret these concepts and link them into our space. They invite us to tour Killka Art Gallery in a playful and experimental way, offering our guests a renewed experience.
Who hasn’t imagined impossible realities, at least once? Realities where things we believe would never happen, do happen. A portal connects us with distant places, in a different space and time. It can transport us to various places within the same universe, or even to parallel worlds. In Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," the author offers an encounter with this possibility. An opportunity to explore other distant or nearby worlds, within ourselves, as dimensions intersect and realities are multiplied.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Marcela Furlani
Born in Mendoza, on September 12, 1966. She is visual artist who studied at the School of Arts and Design, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.
Throughout her career, she explores various exposure and cultural activities, on a national and international level.
Her artwork has granted her several awards. For instance, in 1997, she was awarded the First Prize in Engraving at the Vendimia Regional Hall. Antorchas Foundation awarded her with a Production and Artistic Reflection Grant. She obtained, from the same Foundation, the sole grant available in the Cuyo Region, Argentina, to attend the 25th Sao Paulo Biennial, in recognition of her territory related projects. She participated in the International Project for Residence and Exchange between Artists and Scholars of Territory: ORESTE 3, Italy.
She also took part in group and collective projects. Among the most significant ones are Minas de Arte group, between 1992 and 1996; the Association for the Establishment of Artists and Artisans from Bermejo. Artistas en la Calle group, where they performed actions with critical and social thinking in public places. As a member of Meridiano group, she displayed at “La Baulera”, Tucumán, Argentina.
She coordinated and led various institutions, such as Diagonal/Art Gallery (2002-2014). She was manager for Mendoza Museum of Modern Arts (2006-2007). She was curator for the National Technological University Mendoza Regional School
(2008-2014).
Since October 2015, she has been part of the staff of Daniel Rueda Art Gallery, in Mendoza, Argentina.
Raquel Fluixá
She was born in La Colina, province of Buenos Aires and has lived in Mendoza since 1952. Fluixá has studied the history of art and painting throughout her entire life. In Mendoza, she attended, she spent hours at sculptor Lorenzo Dominguez’s’ workshop. In Buenos Aires, she studied at Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de la Nación Ernesto de la Cárcova, and took further training courses in the United States. Fluixá has been awarded many distinctions at galleries and contests, among those, at the National Gallery of Plastic Arts (1999) and at the Avome Contest (2001).
Valeria Señorahns
Born in Mendoza, in 1983. Señorans graduated as a Bachelor and Teacher of Visual Arts with an emphasis in engraving, at Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, School of Arts and Design. She studied Administration and Cultural Management at Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. She performed as an art director and production assistant in theatrical productions, art studios and clothing brands. She worked as a coordinator at Killka Arte Gallery. At present, she assists Marcela Furlani in diverse art-related tasks. Besides, she is a member of the University Outreach Program and Artistic Activities Management Team, at the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, School of Arts and Design.
Héctor Ramazzi
Born in Mendoza, Argentina on November 8, 1953. Ramazzi is an architect who has always been concurrently interested in inquiring about visual arts. In the seventies, he worked in painting together with Orlando Pardo. In the eighties, he carried out engraving projects beside Gastón Alfaro. From 2013 onwards, he collaborated with Marcela Furlani in her graphic and engraving works.
He presented ´MendozaMarca´, a project that started in 2014 where he began exploring territory representations. This experiment in plastic art was aimed at searching for significance in the landscape of Mendoza.
ABOUT DE KILLKA-ESPACIO SALENTEIN
Killka-Salentein Space is Bodegas Salentein’s meeting place for art, nature, wine and excellent cuisine. Its art space has an important collection of Argentinian and Dutch art of the 19th and 20th centuries. Its art gallery hosts three annual exhibits of renowned national and foreign artists.
In the year 2008, Killka was awarded with the prize Oro Mundial (World Gold), in the category Art and Culture, in the contest “Best of” of the Great Wine Capitals.
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