Thursday, August 04, 2022 | 5:30 a.m.
Circus, acting, acrobatics in its various forms, painting, drawing, design, singing. Ofelia Cendra considers herself to be an “art cram”. Multidisciplinary and consistent, the artist turns 35 as an independent worker and celebrates it with an artistic installation that will be inaugurated tomorrow.
The performance bet ‘Manifiesto Off the Art’ will be exhibited in the Zygmunt Kowalski room of the Vicente Cidade Cultural Center, from 8:00 pm tomorrow. The grand opening, in which she will exhibit paintings, mannequins, clothing, masks and many other objects intervened by her, will also have a range of proposals: circus, acrobatics, dance and interventions on the one hand; music by the hand of Aurazul on the other; toast and gastronomy.
“Everything that I like, formed me and accompanied me throughout all these years will be part of the exhibition; that is why it will also be a meeting with family and friends; a party”, advanced the artist in the preview of the presentation.
In this way, the proposal serves as an excuse to celebrate so many years of experience and effort that brings together a small summary of all its facets and ways of expressing itself.
“It is a way to celebrate and also thank so many years of work. When you work independently there are ups and downs. There are times when everything is going very well, there are times when everything seems like a plateau and there are others when everything seems to be going downhill; but that’s what life is about. It is the path that I chose and that brought me to this day and I am happy doing and living this”, summarized Cendra, in dialogue with El Territorio.
Most of the works that will be in the installation are recent creations.
After the inauguration, the installation will remain open until Saturday the 13th, from 6 to 9 pm, in the room that has an entrance on Belgrano Street.
This Saturday the visual artist Ornella Ruiz joins as a guest, who will be in charge of a talk-workshop on art as a bridge between the physical and the digital. The proposal will be free of charge and will address fundamental resources on NFTs (non-fungible token, encrypted digital asset).
During the day, there will also be recreational activities and other artistic interventions.
From Monday to Thursday, the facility will remain open to the public. “I will be there every day, to chat with those who visit the exhibition; I find the exchange between the public and the artist to be very enriching”, stated Cendra, explaining that on those days what is exhibited in the space will be highlighted.
“It’s also good that people can see the work at times when there is no action or movement. Because I’m a bit of that. I’m stuffy but I’m also a bit calm and I think it’s good for people to know that part of me, ”she added.
Friday will be a day for children with a day that will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The purpose is for children to be part of the exhibition with a guided tour and through fun slogans. Let them play with the work, interact, “it is a way to also encourage the consumption of art from a young age,” she stressed. There will be a snack, a painting workshop and a show by the Puppet Recycle Circus group.
Admission is free and free, (only the snack has a cost) and those interested in reserving a place should contact Ofelia Cendra’s social networks.
Saturday the 13th will be the closing and there will be a DJ with live music, toasts, gifts and more.
Introspection and identity
From 2020 to this part, the artist had to adapt and change the ways of reaching the other. In addition to the pandemic -one of the factors that forced her to explore other avenues- her health problem also kept her away from the stage, forcing her to exploit other forms of artistic expression. Thus, she Ofelia delved into the visual arts, a facet that she has been developing for many years but recently dedicated more time to:
“Today I feel that everything I went through and led me to develop visual art was like a preparation to exploit this artistic side, this is another way of expressing myself that also makes me very happy.”
Among the works that will be exhibited are paintings -of different sizes and intervened with recycled or disused materials-, mannequins, masks, clothing objects, leather goods and more.
The staging has the collaboration of the Missionary Association of Visual Arts Workers (Amtav) and the support of Ramiro Sandoval, Vero Chemes and Fabi Greco.
The diversity of the sample has its imprint as its axis: dynamic and energetic colors, multidisciplinary expressions and an invitation to “live life with intensity”, Ofelia summed up.
To schedule
‘Manifiesto Off the Art’
The exhibition will remain open from tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. until Saturday the 13th. In addition to the above, the proposal will include live music, circus shows, dance numbers and a workshop talk. It will be in the Zygmunt Kowalski room at the Vicente Cidade.
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