Ciuco Gutierrez

Ciuco Gutiérrez - Claws

Biografía del Artista:

Ciuco Gutiérrez delves into the complex relationship between female nudes and still lifes, seeking a space that allows for introspection and understanding. Through his series “Scenarios for Confrontation,” Gutiérrez engages in a captivating dialogue that explores the realms of objects and the profound feminine archetype. Gutiérrez’s artistic career has always been intertwined with objects, the exclusive protagonists of many of his compositions. Fascinated by the mundane and seemingly insignificant, he chooses objects as souvenirs, trinkets, toys, and other artifacts from mass culture. Despite their ephemeral nature, these objects possess profound meaning, and Gutiérrez’s artistic interventions, whether ironic, satirical, critical, or purely aesthetic, shed light on their marginal histories. Through his lens, these objects become conduits of human realities, exemplifying the objectification of society in the context of our consumer-driven civilization. The artist has rarely focused on individuals in his previous works. However, in this particular series, originally presented at Tabacalera in Madrid in 2015, Gutiérrez revisits deeply rooted atavistic and social archetypes. His intention is to juxtapose the female body with the concept of the eternal feminine as an ephemeral entity in constant evolution. The objectification of women and the fetishistic processes they endure go beyond the physical realm and enter into the realm of emotions. However, Gutiérrez’s exploration does not stop at the mere condemnation of women as a simple “sexual object” and the implications this entails for their condition as subjects. On the contrary, she strives to capture the essence of the liberated woman, delving into her profound subjectivity. Through her photographic compositions, Gutiérrez’s subjects draw strength from the expressive power of bodily actions, participating in a visual “dance” in which each gesture has a profound meaning. In this way, Gutiérrez creates a new bodily alphabet that ultimately returns us to the understanding of women as autonomous subjects capable of shaping and producing their own realities. His images are represented in private and public collections, among which stand out the Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the IVAM in Valencia, the Colección Telefónica, the Colección Norte de Arte Contemporáneo of the Government of Cantabria, the Community of Madrid, the Fundación La Caixa in Barcelona, ​​the City Council of Alcobendas, the City Council of Alcorcón, Caja Cantabria, the Coca Cola Foundation, the Diputación de Cádiz, UNICAJA, the Centro de Arte Niemeyer in Avilés, etc. He has curated exhibitions for different institutions, among which stand out the Ministry of Culture of Spain and the AECID, these last being traveling exhibitions through different Latin American countries.