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<\/h3>\nShe is 80 years old, but you wouldn\u2019t know it from her face or her spirit. \u201cI got a late start,\u201d she says, \u201cI didn\u2019t have my own studio until I was 32.\u201d She didn\u2019t study art in college because \u201cI devoted myself to my children first,\u201d she explains; when she saw that her three children were doing wonderfully well in school and preschool, she began taking classes with David Manzur, and later, in the 1980s, with the Uruguayan conceptual artist Luis Camnitzer in Italy. It was a perfect combination\u2014the best of two comprehensive ways of viewing art: the blend of beauty and intelligence. She, for her part, did not follow in the footsteps of either of them and found in sculpture and iron her own way of connecting with the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like hands-on art\u2014seeing what I\u2019m creating. And that\u2019s what working with iron, welding, and molds gives me; I do, however, have two unbreakable rules: that each work can be taken apart, and that each piece can be lifted by no more than four people. The second rule is that there must never be even the slightest danger.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n His sculptures are part of various collections, and one of his public works is a striking landmark in downtown Bogot\u00e1: a series of powerful iron rings on the stairs at the entrance to the Mambo. His exhibition at the Alonso Garc\u00e9s Tierra Vieja \/ Tierra Nueva Gallery has that forceful quality of great sculpture: the pieces are so powerful that they overwhelm everything\u2014even sound. It\u2019s impossible not to fall silent in the main gallery. \u201cThe work,\u201d he explains, \u201cis a reflection on the destruction and rebirth of the Earth; we have ravaged nature, but I feel there is a new global consciousness, a rebirth\u2014that\u2019s why there are two circles, one dark and the other full of light.\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n The second part of the exhibition continues in the same spirit of vitality and boundless optimism. The main theme is water and the sea; there is a large installation featuring photos of different seas that come together in a magnificent light box. \u201cSoy buzo\u201d<\/em>, dice Lydia. \u201cAnd the ocean has been here since the earth began. I love being underwater, surrounded by different forms of life.\u201d<\/em>. Este es su Autorretrato.<\/p>\n Yes, in front of a giant painting by Mark Rothko.<\/p>\n With Duchamp.<\/p>\n Nature.<\/p>\n Just part of the job: minor burns; I never do anything dangerous.<\/p>\n My mind is always working.<\/p>\n (Also: \u201cChircales\u201d and other scenes from Bogot\u00e1 in a new exhibition.)<\/p>\n None. I'm not interested in a portrait of myself.<\/p>\n Doris Salcedo, Feliza Burzstyn, Eduardo Ram\u00edrez Villamizar\u2026<\/p>\n My diary.<\/p>\n Seeing how humans abuse nature, I imagined the transformation of a planet weary from the blows.<\/p>\n It's my passion; water has a memory. It is life.<\/p>\n The Worlds, by Garc\u00e9s.<\/p>\n The Thresholds of Mambo.<\/p>\n I love watching how people interact; I like to share that. Every detail was carefully studied. The challenge of the installation was, precisely, to set it up so that people could move in and out of it and so that it could withstand all that interaction.<\/p>\n My mom.<\/p>\n It was a natural progression toward three-dimensionality.<\/p>\n I don't put pressure on myself.<\/p>\n It was a necessity.<\/p>\n No.<\/p>\n (You Might Be Interested In: Fifty Years Later, Picasso's Brush Still Holds Its Allure 48<\/p>\n I am my own harshest critic.<\/p>\n When I see the audience interacting, especially young people and children.<\/p>\n Almost all of them; they're like my own children.<\/p>\n So many!<\/p>\n Not at all!<\/p>\n More or less\u2026<\/p>\n Yes, many.<\/p>\n Some works by William Kentridge and Amsel Kiefer.<\/p>\n (Read more: Latin America's Largest Art Fair Commits to Diversity).<\/p>\n Several, including, among others, the Japanese artist Isamo Noguchi and the American artist of Ukrainian descent Louise Nevelson.<\/p>\n In the long run, no. It has no consciousness; it's a hybrid.<\/p>\n It's only worth buying a work of art if it speaks to you.<\/p>\n ElTiempo.com – Lydia Azout: Autorretrato de una maestra del hierro Lydia Azout es due\u00f1a de una vitalidad envidiable. Tiene 80 a\u00f1os y no se notan ni en su cara ni en su esp\u00edritu. \u201cEmpec\u00e9 tarde\u201d, dice, \u201csolo tuve un taller cuando ten\u00eda 32 a\u00f1os\u201d. No estudi\u00f3 arte en la universidad, porque \u201cprimero me dediqu\u00e9 a mis hijos\u201d, afirma; cuando vio que en el colegio y en el jard\u00edn sus tres hijos se defend\u00edan de maravilla, empez\u00f3 a tomar clases con David Manzur, y m\u00e1s tarde, en los a\u00f1os 80, con el maestro conceptualista uruguayo Luis Camnitzer en Italia. Fue una combinaci\u00f3n perfecta; lo mejor de dos formas totales de ver el arte: la combinaci\u00f3n de la belleza y la inteligencia. Ella \u2013por su lado\u2013 no sigui\u00f3 el camino de ninguno de los dos y encontr\u00f3 en la escultura y en el hierro su forma de conectarse con el mundo. \u201cMe gusta el arte directo; ver lo que estoy haciendo. Y eso me lo dan el hierro, la soldadura, los moldes; tengo \u2013eso s\u00ed\u2013 dos reglas inquebrantables: que cada obra pueda desarmarse y que cada pieza pueda levantarse entre m\u00e1ximo cuatro personas. La segunda: que nunca haya el m\u00e1s m\u00ednimo peligro\u201d. Sus esculturas est\u00e1n en varias colecciones y una de sus obras p\u00fablicas es un referente fresco del centro de Bogot\u00e1: unos poderosos aros de hierro en las escaleras de la entrada del Mambo. Su exposici\u00f3n en la Galer\u00eda Alonso Garc\u00e9s Tierra Vieja \/ Tierra Nueva tiene ese tono contundente de la gran escultura: son piezas tan fuertes que aplastan todo; hasta el sonido. Es imposible no quedarse en silencio en la sala principal. \u201cLa obra\u201d, explica, \u201ces una reflexi\u00f3n sobre la destrucci\u00f3n y el renacimiento de la Tierra; hemos destrozado la naturaleza, pero siento que hay una nueva consciencia global, un renacimiento, por eso hay dos c\u00edrculos, uno oscuro y otro lleno de luz\u201d. La segunda parte de la exposici\u00f3n contin\u00faa con esa vitalidad y ese optimismo desbordado. Y el tema principal es el agua, el mar, hay una gran instalaci\u00f3n con fotos de diferentes mares que se combinan en una magn\u00edfica caja de luz. \u201cSoy buzo\u201d, dice Lydia. \u201cY el mar est\u00e1 desde que comenz\u00f3 la tierra. Me encanta estar abajo rodeada de diferentes formas de vida\u201d. Este es su Autorretrato. \u00bfHa llorado frente a alguna obra de arte? S\u00ed, frente a un cuadro gigante de Mark Rothko. \u00bfCon qu\u00e9 artista le gustar\u00eda exponer en la misma sala? Con Duchamp. \u00bfCu\u00e1l fue la primera obra de arte que vio en su vida? La naturaleza. \u00bfAlguna vez ha tenido un accidente con una pieza o con el fuego? Solo gajes del oficio: peque\u00f1as quemaduras; nunca hago nada peligroso. \u00bfTiene horarios de trabajo? Mi cabeza siempre est\u00e1 trabajando. (Adem\u00e1s: Los \u2018chircales\u2019 y otras postales de Bogot\u00e1, en una nueva exposici\u00f3n). \u00bfA qu\u00e9 artista vivo o muerto le encargar\u00eda que pintara su retrato? A ninguno. No me interesa un retrato m\u00edo. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es el artista que m\u00e1s admira en Colombia? Doris Salcedo, Feliza Burzstyn, Eduardo Ram\u00edrez Villamizar\u2026 \u00bfCu\u00e1l es su libro de arte de cabecera? Mi diario. \u00bfC\u00f3mo nacieron las piezas de esta exposici\u00f3n? Viendo los abusos del ser humano hacia la naturaleza. Me imagin\u00e9 el cambio de un planeta cansado de los golpes. \u00bfQu\u00e9 significa el agua en esta muestra? Es mi pasi\u00f3n; el agua tiene memoria. Es vida. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es, hasta ahora, su obra maestra? Los mundos, en Garc\u00e9s. \u00bfCu\u00e1l es la colecci\u00f3n a la que pertenece que m\u00e1s la hace sentirse orgullosa? Los Umbrales del Mambo. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9? Me encanta ver c\u00f3mo la gente interact\u00faa; me gusta compartirla. Hubo un estudio profundo de cada detalle. El reto del montaje fue, justamente, fijarla para que la gente entrara y saliera de ella y que soportara toda esa interacci\u00f3n. \u00bfRecuerda qui\u00e9n compr\u00f3 su primera obra? Mi mam\u00e1. \u00bfC\u00f3mo naci\u00f3 su relaci\u00f3n con la escultura y con el hierro? Fue una progresi\u00f3n natural hacia la tridimensionalidad. \u00bfCu\u00e1l ha sido su peor crisis creativa? No me presiono. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 decidi\u00f3 convertirse en artista? Fue una necesidad. \u00bfConserva sus dibujos de ni\u00f1a? No. (De su inter\u00e9s: Cincuenta a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s, el pincel de Picasso conserva su magnetismo AFP y EFE). \u00bfCu\u00e1ntos a\u00f1os lleva de carrera? 48 \u00bfCu\u00e1l es la cr\u00edtica que m\u00e1s le ha molestado? Mi peor cr\u00edtica soy yo misma. \u00bfY la qu\u00e9 m\u00e1s la ha hecho feliz? Cuando veo al p\u00fablico interactuar, especialmente la gente joven y los ni\u00f1os. \u00bfTiene alguna obra que no haya querido vender? Casi todas; son como hijos. \u00bfCu\u00e1ntas piezas cree que ha producido? \u00a1Much\u00edsimas! \u00bfConsidera que es una genio? \u00a1Para nada! \u00bfQu\u00e9 tan ordenado es su taller? M\u00e1s o menos\u2026 \u00bfColecciona obras de otros artistas? S\u00ed, muchos. \u00bfQu\u00e9 obra del arte universal le gustar\u00eda tener en la sala de su casa? Algunas piezas de William Kentridge y de Amsel Kiefer. (Puede leer: La mayor feria de arte de Latinoam\u00e9rica apuesta por la diversidad). \u00bfCu\u00e1l es el artista que m\u00e1s la ha inspirado y el que m\u00e1s ha estudiado? Varios, entre otros, el japon\u00e9s Isamo Noguchi y la estadounidense de origen ucraniano Louise Nevelson. \u00bfEl arte digital es el futuro? \u00bfYa tiene NFT\u2019s? A la larga, no. No tiene consciencia, es un h\u00edbrido. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 vale la pena comprar una obra suya? Solo vale la pena comprar una obra si lo llama a uno. 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<\/p>\nHave you ever cried while looking at a work of art?<\/h3>\n
Which artist would you like to exhibit alongside in the same gallery?<\/h3>\n
What was the first work of art you ever saw?<\/h3>\n
Have you ever had an accident involving a tool or fire?<\/h3>\n
Do you have set working hours?<\/h3>\n
Which artist\u2014living or dead\u2014would you commission to paint your portrait?<\/h3>\n
Who is the artist you admire most in Colombia?<\/h3>\n
What is your favorite art book?<\/h3>\n
How did the pieces in this exhibition come to be?<\/h3>\n
What does water symbolize in this exhibition?<\/h3>\n
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\u00bfCu\u00e1l es la colecci\u00f3n a la que pertenece que m\u00e1s la hace sentirse orgullosa?<\/h3>\n
Why?<\/h3>\n
Do you remember who bought your first piece?<\/h3>\n
How did your relationship with sculpture and iron begin?<\/h3>\n
What has been your worst creative slump?<\/h3>\n
Why did you decide to become an artist?<\/h3>\n
Do you still have the drawings you made as a child?<\/h3>\n
\n\u2014AFP and EFE).<\/p>\nHow many years have you been in your career?<\/h3>\n
What criticism has bothered you the most?<\/h3>\n
And what has made her the happiest?<\/h3>\n
Is there any artwork you haven't wanted to sell?<\/h3>\n
How many pieces do you think he has produced?<\/h3>\n
Do you think you're a genius?<\/h3>\n
How organized is your workshop?<\/h3>\n
Do you collect works by other artists?<\/h3>\n
Which work of world art would you like to have in your living room?<\/h3>\n
Which artist has inspired you the most, and which one have you studied the most?<\/h3>\n
Is digital art the future? Do you already have NFTs?<\/h3>\n
Why is it worth buying one of his works?<\/h3>\n
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