EVA XV
2022
unglazed: finished with burnished earth pigments from the island of Puerto Rico mixed with casein, lime, and oxides
60 x 18 x 22ā³
EVA XV
RECENTLY ON VIEW
Cristina CĆ³rdova, “EVA XV”, on view in the Spanish Colonial Gallery at the Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa, 2024
2024 | Installation at the Figge Art Museum,Ā Spanish Colonial Gallery
Davenport, IA
On view through 2024
Ferrin Contemporary “Our America/Whose America?” Anteroom Stair hall Installation at the Wickham House, Richmond, VA, 2024
OUR AMERICA/WHOSE AMERICA?
2024 | Group Exhibition in the Wickham House at the Valentine Museum | Richmond, VA
February 20, 2024 ā April 21, 2024
Our America/Whose America? is a ācall and responseā exhibition between contemporary artists and historic ceramic objects.
Ferrin Contemporary, “Are We There Yet?”, 2023, Exhibition Installation View with work by Chris Antemann, Cristina CoĢrdova, Sergei Isupov, Crystal Morey, & Kurt Weiser, Photo by John Polak Photography
2024 | Group Exhibition at Ferrin Contemporary | North Adams, MA
July 15 – September 2, 2023
ARE WE THERE YET?Ā is a celebration of Ferrin Contemporaryās 40+ years as leaders in the field of modern and contemporary ceramics. What began in 1979 as a woman-owned cooperative studio and gallery in Northampton, MA has flourished across the years and the locations to become the international ceramic experts and material champions known as Ferrin Contemporary.
Cristina CoĢrdova, “EVA XV”, 2022, Installation in Figuring Space, at The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2024 | Group Exhibition at The Clay Studio | Philadelphia, PA
January 12 – April 16, 2023
The group of powerful, full-scale representations of human figures will serve as a body of evidence to lay bare the issues that permeate American art and social culture. Each of the artists chosen uses the figure to usurp the painful history of bodies on display in American history. They assert their autonomy and subjectivity by presenting cultural critiques through lenses of their own choosing: race, gender, class, and anti-war ideas. Roberto Lugo, Kensuke Yamada, Cristina CĆ³rdova, Chris Rodgers, Sergei Isupov, Christina West, Tip Toland, Jonathan Christensen Caballero, George Rodriguez, Roxanne Swentzell, and Kyungmin Park are among the invited artists.
ABOUT “EVA XV”
More on Cristina CĆ³rdova HERE
I have been sculpting my daughter since she was 9. This 15 year old version of Eva is unglazed and finished with burnished earth pigments from the island of Puerto Rico mixed with casein, lime, and oxides. They came specifically from two areas, one in Fajardo near the coast, where the rainforest is, and one from Orocovis in the mountainous center. Written on her back are the words āde monte y marā ( āfrom mountain and seaā ) in gold, a phrase from the song Verde luz by El Topo (Antonio Cabal Vale), which became a symbol of national Puerto Rican pride and an anti-colonialist anthem.
In my practice, the image of Eva is the embodiment of change and possibility. It speaks to the inevitability of transience and the inherited threads of code that perpetuate both genes and identity. This piece seeks to perform both as a symbol and a relic by holding in its materiality a part of the Island that has thematically bound this whole series through the years, exploring the riches and vulnerabilities of this small Caribbean nation that is my home.
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