PRAYERS FOR THE FRAGILITY OF LIFE Juli About

The exhibition hall of the Avilés Municipal Cultural Center will host the exhibition Prayers for the Fragility of Life by French artist Juli About from October 15 to November 30. The exhibition coincides with the 31st "San Agustín Ceramic Competition.

Juli About (Aviñón, 1974) approaches ceramics from a perspective informed by the visual arts, theater, and contemporary jewelry; her career has been diverse... These experiences have fueled a reflection on the body, intimacy, and also the space that surrounds us. Her works speak of the body; they explore the boundary between the body and the landscape, as well as the porosity of the body in relation to its environment. What nourishes and what wounds. How the bond we maintain between the inside and the outside is narrated. Between oneself and the other. All of this questions our vulnerability as living beings.

It is an integral approach, an exploration of what connects us with the world. A way of being in the world through attention.

Porcelain is a living material that demands great care and attention; in return, it invites us to reflect on how we pay attention to the world and on the resonances that are woven between us and the various forms of vulnerability that arise around us. Its fragility confronts us with the fragility of life.

Diana Coandă 

She holds a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Timișoara and had her degree recognized in 2009 at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Bilbao. She arrived in Spain in 2000, where she continues her career as a visual artist. 

Diana's artistic career began in 1992 with solo and group exhibitions in Romania, Moldova, the former Yugoslavia, and at various international galleries, art salons, cultural centers, and museums of great importance. Upon her arrival in Spain, in 2001, she received the Salón de Otoño Award, Caja Madrid; in 2011, she was selected for CNAL (Luarca); in 2018, she was selected for the Casimiro Baragaña National Painting Competition (Siero), expanding her exhibitions throughout the country in various group shows held in Burgos, Madrid, Granada, Gijón, Avilés, La Rioja, and internationally, in Porto and Ireland. 

🗓️  October 15 to November 30

🕘 Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

🕘 Sundays and holidays from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

📍  Avilés Municipal Cultural Center, Plaza Domingo Álvarez Acebal, 2

*Exhibition funded by the Avilés Cultural Factory, the Municipal Cultural Foundation of the Avilés City Council.