The work of Lorena Gutiérrez (Havana, 1987) explores in the first instance the most questionable spaces, sometimes sordid, of the political and social life of her country; and from that apparently local geography she radiates global reflections.
The topics that attract her are those that place the “truths” inculcated by power and the media on ambivalent grounds. She is also rightly concerned with the legal corpora according to which justice is exercised. Her works, mostly of an installation nature, are designed to intervene in specific spaces and turn them into environments of doubt, fragility and risk. The excellent workmanship of her objects and sculptures, and the predilection for sparkle, color and minimalism in her paintings, do not prevent her from revealing her intentions. Moving to Madrid in 2019, she has been expanding her worldview, expanding the research that feeds her work to other fields.
She has exhibited, among others, at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana; the Museum of Art & Design, Miami Dade College, Miami; the IDB Cultural Center, Washington, DC and the 10th. Berlin Biennale. Her work is in the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna