Best known for using laser cutters, silicon moulds, and erosive techniques, Analia Saban is an Argentinian artist who works out of the States. Her work abruptly stopped me in my scrolling Pinterest tracks. With its refreshingly reductive approach, it carries a depth that keeps me searching for meaning in every textural contour, in every subtle line, in every hint of relationship between medium and artist.
Analia Saban describes her own process as both artistic and scientific, an approach inspired by a former instructor. This lens sees the artist dissect not only the painting process, but rather her works in themselves. There is a notion of layering whereby she leaves us feeling as thought there is at least one more step of dissection that could have been applied, however this is ours to play with. And so this is the blurred line that I love, whereby we're pulled into the artwork itself and challenged to imagine what the next step would be... allowing a different ending to the story for each individual viewer.
There is something quite rugged and unashamedly bold in Saban's work. It has a firm presence, it breathes and jumps out at me from the photos. I can only imagine what it must feel like to see such works lost within a large gallery space. I see large, towering white walls, soft lighting, no one else but me, and Saban's orchestra playing its soft music around me.
Source - analiasabanstudio.com and artsy.net
Images courtesy of - analiasabanstudio.com and artsy.net
