Liliana Maresca, Artist

Sin título (Untitled) , 1982

A producer of objects, installations, performances, interventions in public and semipublic spaces, and photo performances, Liliana Maresca was able to bring together the creative energy of an art scene fragmented by the legacy of Argentina's military dictatorship (1976–83). She was at the center of a group of artists with whom she organized group shows that proved decisive to the 1990s. Her works were produced during the period that spanned from the enthusiasm around the restoration of democracy in the mid-1980s to the disenchantment that came with the neoliberal policies pursued by President Carlos Saúl Menem and his administration (1989–99). She worked with society's waste (ragpickers' carts, abandoned parasols and chairs) but also with the remarkable power that her own body emanated. In many of her photo performances, she posed nude or partly nude, framed by objects (her works) in a fusion of art and life, though her own life was ultimately taken by AIDS.

Artista realizadora de objetos, instalaciones, performances, intervenciones en espacios públicos y semipúblicos y fotoperformances, Liliana Maresca aglutinó la energía creativa de un ambiente artístico desmembrado por el legado de la dictadura militar argentina (1976–83). Ella concentraba a su alrededor a diversos artistas con los que organizaba exposiciones colectivas que marcaron los años 90.  Creó sus obras durante el período que abarcó desde el entusiasmo provocado por la restauración de la democracia a mediados de los años 80 a la desilusión causada por las políticas neoliberales del Presidente Carlos Saúl Menem y su gobierno (1989–99). Ella trabajó con desechos de la sociedad (carritos de los cartoneros, sombrillas y sillas abandonadas) pero también con la fuerza que emanaba su propio cuerpo. En muchas de sus fotoperformances posa desnuda o semidesnuda con objetos (su propia obra) que la enmarcan logrando una fusión entre el arte y la vida que a ella le fue arrebatada por el sida.