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AMALIA GALDONA BROCHE

Maria Rosaria Roseo

Italiano (Italian)

*Featured photo: Flowers for the Saints (installation view), knotted textile strips, tinsel, jute and yarn, 2021, copyright Amalia Galdona Broche

Amalia Galdona Broche is an American artist originally from Santa Clara, Cuba. She holds a BFA and a BA in Sculpture and Art History from Jacksonville University in Florida. Currently, She lives in Lexington, Kentucky, where she is pursuing an MFA in Visual Studies at the University of Kentucky.

A prayer and a fabric I and II (installation view), tinsel, jute, beads and yarn, 2021, copyright Amalia Galdona Broche

Through textiles, Galdona Broche’s works explore the intricate and complex themes of identity construction, preservation of memory, immigration and transculturation processes, autobiographical contents that involve the artist as a young woman of Cuban origin touched by displacement to the United States, forced to separate herself from a reality, a history and a known culture, to integrate into a new context, with a different way of existing, interacting and thinking. 

The Knots We Leave Behind, natural fibers on wire amateur, 2020, copyright Amalia Galdona Broche

With her work, the artist thus investigates her identity, connecting to memories, personal and family stories, as in her most recent series, Flowers for the Saints. In addition, she aims to engage with the broader themes of collective memory, diaspora, colonialism and feminism, to create a communication that moves beyond the limits of language, time and geography.

Sisters, Our Lady of Regla, (installation view with Gestating Creatures), mixed media fibers on carved foam, 2018, copyright Amalia Galdona Broche

In Broche’s installations, the creative process becomes a tool and an integral part of the narrative. Knotting, weaving, tearing, joining, assembling and collecting are expressions of the artist’s journey through life, adapting to the experiences, places and people around her. The fabrics are applied, overlapped, accumulated, layered and hidden to build complex sculptural surfaces that waver between the abstract and the figurative. With this work, the artist entrusts the fabric with the role of a protective layer, a second skin protecting against physical, social, emotional and spiritual threats.

Mother of Horns Who Listens to Our Knots at Night, from the Companions of Concealment series, 2020, pins and fibers on carved foam, 20 x 20 x 35 inches, copyright Amalia Galdona Broche

Source: https://www.amaliagaldonabroche.com/

           http://www.bolivarartgallery.com/


The artwork images are copyrighted.

From the Masqueraders in this Never-Ending March Series, gesso, burlap, textiles, and wire, 2019, copyright Amalia Galdona BrocheMother of Horns, woven, knotted and braided fibersand resin on wire and carved foam armature, 2020, copyright Amalia Galdona BrocheMasqueraders in this Never-ending March, fibers, discarded textiles and wire, 2019, copyright Amalia Galdona BrocheMasqueraders in this Never-ending March, fibers, discarded textiles and wire, 2019, copyright Amalia Galdona BrocheKnotty Mountains Installation”, 2019, copyright Amalia Galdona BrocheKnots in the Times of Trouble, fiber and wire, 70x30x30in, 2019, copyright Amalia Galdona Brochehttps://www.artemorbida.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=50967&action=edit&lang=itComfort Item, 2019, natural muslin knotted on burlap net, copyright Amalia Galdona Broche

Maria Rosaria Roseo

English version Dopo una laurea in giurisprudenza e un’esperienza come coautrice di testi giuridici, ho scelto di dedicarmi all’attività di famiglia, che mi ha permesso di conciliare gli impegni lavorativi con quelli familiari di mamma. Nel 2013, per caso, ho conosciuto il quilting frequentando un corso. La passione per l’arte, soprattutto l’arte contemporanea, mi ha avvicinato sempre di più al settore dell’arte tessile che negli anni è diventata una vera e propria passione. Oggi dedico con entusiasmo parte del mio tempo al progetto di Emanuela D’Amico: ArteMorbida, grazie al quale, posso unire il piacere della scrittura al desiderio di contribuire, insieme a preziose collaborazioni, alla diffusione della conoscenza delle arti tessili e di raccontarne passato e presente attraverso gli occhi di alcuni dei più noti artisti tessili del panorama italiano e internazionale.