JOSE QUINTEROS

The piece on view Rama de Cicuta includes documentation of a photo-performance and a bottle of hemlock – a highly poisonous plant. The photo of the plant is an offering of a gorgeous bouquet, and the bottle of its poisonous extract, a seductive invitation to tempt fate.  In very small doses, hemlock also has the capacity to heal or to be used as medicine. Both deadly poison, and purifying remedy, the work is a meditation on the balancing act between that which harms and that which heals.

José Quinteros has a degree in Sculpture from the National University of Córdoba (Argentina). He performed there his first practices, especially in the Center for Production and Research in Art (CePIA) as an artist and collaborator. He begins the formal production of his works in 2003 and since so he has developed an extensive activity. He attended clinics and workshops with Lucas Di Pascuale, Juan Der Hairabedian, José Pizarro, Andrés Labaké, Ernesto Ballesteros, Isabel Platé, Gabriela Baldomá, Verónica Gómez, Eduardo Basualdo, Eduardo Stupía, Daniel Joglar. He has worked as a designer and producer of scenery, costumes, communication and recording of plays. His work can be found in public (Córdoba Province) and private collections