Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: Soy Energía (Haus der Kunst, München)
F. Baeza, J. Baumann, R. Fonseca, B. Martínez-Ruiz
Haus der Kunst, München & Mousse Publishing, 2026
€40,00
Produced for the Chilean artist’s first institutional survey exhibition in Europe at Haus der Kunst, Munich, this monograph offers an in-depth look at Sandra Vásquez de la Horra’s experimental practice, with particular emphasis on her spatial, energetic, and globally oriented thinking.
Chilean artist Sandra Vásquez de la Horra (b. 19867) combines transnational and Indigenous perspectives in her multidisciplinary artistic approach. Her work, encompassing drawings and paintings as well as videos and performances, reflects complex events, stories, rituals, and beliefs rooted in her childhood in Chile and her many years living in Germany.
Vásquez de la Horra created her first series of works during the Pinochet regime, from the mid-1980s to the 1990s, focusing on the body and its connection to the world through signs, fragments, and language. She creates drawings of fantastical hybrid creatures with human, animal, and plant characteristics, revealing the incompatibility between history and morality. These works, imbued with beeswax—a technique she has used since 1997—are integrated into experimental tapestries to create multi-perspective narratives and spatial installations. Concurrently, during her early years in Europe, she created video performances that addressed both biographical and historical events, exploring themes such as loneliness, separation, and racism.
ISBN: 9788867497096
