Horizontes
Goethe Institut
Montevideo, Uruguay
2008

About the exhibition

In this proposal, the works form part of an open series, made up of eight engravings that are much longer than their height, and also featuring two objects and an artist's book. What visitors can see through the engraving does not require a rational process, nor an interpretation. Maybe they register different stimuli when seeing lines, spots, breaks, intersections or unknown spaces. Ibarra prioritizes the power and penetrating capacity of the language she uses. She starts from a geometric approach, with austerity and a subdued palette. Although some of the engravings come from the same die, they are processed individually. Her series aim at experimentation based on each print. Her art manifests pronounced antimimetic features, by conceiving unique works in a process that is per se, serial production. It is interesting to step back to contemplate the engravings and perceive what Ibarra has called “Horizons”: an imaginary line that constitutes the idea of a horizon, containing a circular space that includes us. 

Sonia Bandrymer
Montevideo, March 2008.