Johanna Franco Zapata: Ropa Sucia
Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) proudly announces the first solo exhibition of their alumna,
Johanna Franco Zapata
titled: Ropa Sucia (Dirty Laundry)
Johanna Franco Zapata (1985) finished her preparatory course at Instituto Buena Bista (IBB) in 2007, after which she attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in the Netherlands. After her studies, she returned to Curaçao, working as a student counselor and independent artist at IBB.
Dirty Laundry: “Everything is a cycle. A cycle can be described as an interval of time that, once it ends, starts again. Another characteristic is that it possesses phases, somewhat allusive to our existence.
Something that remains immutable during my phases is that I was, am, and continue to be both a student of life and art. Undoubtedly, my tutors left their teachings stained on me to the point I made them my own.
I feel the time has come to create my convictions and rebel against that part of me. I feel that by doing so, I can genuinely reinvent myself. How will I accomplish this? By reorganizing, reuniting, and adding new remnants, I will reconstruct every fiber of my being, thus creating a unique and uncontaminated version of myself.
To me, showcasing my work is similar to showing myself completely naked. Meaning it’s the most honest physical and documented version of me.
I invite you all to enjoy my clothesline, to my deepest, hidden corners, and explore the depths of my soul. But, above all, I ask you to question yourselves, to challenge the compartments in which we all live and question that infinitesimal framed window through which we perceive the world.
I invite you to not only question everything but also to pay attention, to observe and talk freely amongst yourselves about all those things you couldn’t or fear to verbalize.”
Photos by Josée Thissen-Rojer. The above text may be reproduced only with reference to the source: Curaçao Art®️ www.curacao-art.com. Image rights of the artworks remain the property of the artist.
