Carlota Sandoval Lizarralde’s exhibition in the Project Room as part of Drawing Now and Printemps du Dessin focuses on her drawing practice, which takes shape in a variety of ways. Classically presented on a wall, creating an installation, or forming a suspended sculpture, his drawings offer representations of idyllic, colourful landscapes whose spaces, deliberately saturated with a composite flora, assimilate both reminiscences of Colombia and an aesthetic derived from pop culture.
The artist’s practice is rooted in questions of identity, borders and cultural belonging, which evolve and take on new meaning in the different countries she travels through. Carlota Sandoval Lizarralde’s ‘totality-world’, which refers to the texts of Edouard Glissant, features objects from Colombia arranged in installations, drawings of lush landscapes in oil pastel, and performances recounting certain persistent practices of France in Colombia.
The absence of loved ones, memories of lush vegetation and the disappearance of indigenous populations are central themes. Traditional objects diverted from their usual uses and torn-up drawings draw on these composite, mixed and often fragmented identities.
Curator : Maëlle Dault
Carlota Sandoval Lizarralde was born in England in 1996, and is a Colombian national. She graduated from Villa Arson in 2021, and completed a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2024. She is currently resident at Artagon, Pantin.
Rendez-vous
Exhibition opening
Friday 21.03.25, 5pm-8pm
Conversation de Plateau
Wednesday 02.04, 7.30pm
Artist-curator meeting with Carlota Sandoval Lizarralde and Maëlle Dault