Cinthya Soto was born in 1969 in San José, Costa Rica, and now lives and works between Zurich and San José. She has participated in various international exhibitions, including: "Artificio Natura", at the Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC), San José, Costa Rica, 2002; "Interfaces", Casa América, Madrid, Spain, 2004; and most recently in the exhibition "Territorios", curated by Irma Arestizábal, at the Venice Biennial, 52nd International Art Exhibition, 2007, where she represented Costa Rica in the Italo-Latino Americano Pavilion. Her work is present in many private collections, including the prestigious Martin Marguiles Collection in Miami. This will be Cinthya Soto's first solo show in Italy.
In the series "A (des)tiempo", Soto uses her camera to immortalize public and private spaces characterized by a local aesthetic on the verge of disappearance, which stand in stark contrast to the standardized impulse towards a globalized western aesthetic. A horror vacui reigns in each of the images, which the artist accentuates by unifying multiple views of the same scene. They are fragmented views, multiple framings, various angles, which the artist utilizes to reveal interiors of homes, cobblers, iconographic shops, tailors, florists, fruit vendors-all everyday spaces, which are at the risk of disappearing. The artist constructs large "murals" in which color and composition are significant components. These captivating photographic sequences are the result of Soto's meticulous research and study of...