Никола Костантино

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Nicola Costantino was born in Rosario (1964) where she studied Fine Arts, produced and exhibited her first works, and also learned the new sculpture techniques that influenced the concept of her production; the molds of human and animal bodies cast from the original that characterize her work.

In 1994 with the support of Pablo Suárez, she attended the Barracas Workshop of Antorchas Foundation coordinated by Suárez and Benedit. Shortly after moving to Buenos Aires, she spent a year in Houston, Texas, in the Core Program for Artists, where she began producing silicon human skin to make dresses and lavish coats with human hair necks. Nicola learned design and haute couture in her adolescence working with her mother in her clothes factory, which allowed her to create “Peletería humana” [Human Furriery] a work of the finest quality.

Since 1997, the support of Benzacar Gallery facilitated her inclusion in the international art scene through her participation in art fairs. The following year, she presented her “Chanchobolas” [Hog-balls], an emblematic work from the animal sculpture line that she would continue with “Friso de nonatos” [Frieze of Unborn Animals] in 1999 and “Animal Motion Planet” in 2004.

“Peletería Humana”, a window display with twenty mannequins dressed in Nicola’s designs, represented Argentina at the Biennial of Sao Paulo in 1998, whose director was Pablo Herkenhoff, and the theme “anthropophagy and cannibalism”. This presentation led to several exhibitions and international biennials, and the reproduction of her work a number of catalogs. The display was also shown in the First Liverpool Biennial and Jeffrey Deitch invited her to turn his Soho gallery into a boutique in September 2000. At the same time, the selection committee of the MOMA became aware of Nicola’s work and added her “Male Nipples Corset” to their collection. This was followed by a show at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires [Buenos Aires National Museum of Fine Arts] and a second one in the projects room of The Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona.

In 2004, Nicola presented “Animal Motion Planet”, a series of orthopedic machines for unborn animals, consisting of chromed iron mechanisms powered by engines, and she launched “Savon de Corps” [Body Soap] at the MALBA [Buenos Aires Museum of Latin American Art], which is formed by a multiple of 100 pieces imitating an exclusive cosmetic product. Nicola produced this soap with 3% of fat from a liposuction and created the slogan “Take a bath with me” that attracted media attention. Nicola became the artist, the model and the prime matter of her work.

From then on, Nicola’s public relevance gave sense to her later production. The encounter with Gabriel Valansi in 2006 marked her entrance in the world of photography. In her work, she has combined two types of images: a series that refers to important works in the history of photography and art, and others that crisscross some element of her imaginary and her identity as an artist. The constant is her role as leading character representing different personalities, glamorous and feminine, hard worker, maternal, intimidating. In this last production, marked by her maternity, she adds the value of her experience as a sculptor to replicate herself and create her own double.
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source: spot-do-drezblogspot

Nicola é oriunda de Rosário, fez um projecto onde as peças continham moldes de seres humanos e animais. Fazer uma bola de mamilos é sempre interessante…
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source: whatsupru

Аргентинский дизайнер, Никола Костантино (Nicola Costantino) – концептуальная художница, которая своими провокационными работами постоянно привлекает внимание прессы и выставочных залов. Эта серия работ художницы, например, является не просто новой коллекцией одежды и аксессуаров для женщин, а набором дамских вещей, изготовленных из искусственной человеческой кожи с мужскими сосками. А кожа, кстати, выглядит очень натурально.
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source: artelatinoexblogjp

ファッションもスポーツも美容も人間たちの余暇を楽しませる道具たち。
まあ、すでに動物の皮では色々なものを作っているわけだし、
もしかしたらこんな物が存在しても不思議ではない時代にいるのかも。

とことん作品にラグジュアリー感を持たせて、まるでどっかのブランド商品のよう。
プレゼンテーションが徹底している。ＶＯＧＵＥとかに載っててもおかしくないくらいに洗練された商品の宣伝。
一瞬、本当にこれはＯＫなのか、有りなのかも。。。と、分からなくなる。

美しさを冷静に見ると、はっとして、
人間が物質主義に求める快楽、そして人間の持つ残酷さが共存していることに気がつく。

アルゼンチン、ロザリオ地方生まれのニコラ・コンスタンティーノ。
他にも彼女が主体になった写真たちはバロック絵画のよう。
神話的な、時には宗教絵画のような作風の中に、
やはり儀式的なものの中で盲目になっている人間たちがいる。