Elena Blasco
Bio
Madrid, 1950. Since 1976, the year of her first individual exhibition, she has been showing her recognizable and original imagery in individual projects in Spanish and foreign galleries, and in museums and institutions such as Gemeentemuseum Arnhem in the Netherlands, Espacio Caja de Burgos, Sala Alameda of the Provincial Council of Malaga or the Sala Alcalá 31 Madrid and in group shows such as the II Ibero-American Drawing Biennial (Mexico D.F., 1980), VI Salón de los 16 (Spanish Museum of Contemporary Art in Madrid, 1986), Rencontres européennes ( Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, Cajarc, France, 1993), Multiples (Jacobo Borges Museum, Venezuela, 1997), Women. Manifests of a very subtle nature (Exhibition Hall of the Community of Madrid, 2000), Domestic 2000 (Madrid, 2000), Four Dimensions. Sculpture in Spain 1978-2003 (Patio Herreriano Museum, Valladolid, 2003) or El Hecho Alegre (La Casa Encendida, Madrid, 2019).
Statement
Her artistic career concentrates a singular set of works that are characterized by the brilliant play of colors, the variety of techniques and textures, and the mixture of elements of high and low culture. A casual and irreverent air in her creations camouflages a radical background in terms of the meanings she projects, questioning clichés and prejudices of today's society. Her recognizable and unique imagery, mixing sculpture in different materials, paintings, acetates and other various elements, achieves a true sensory explosion, both tactile and visual.
