Eva Lootz

EVA LOOTZ (Vienna, 1940).
"Soles", 1990.
Bronze and red kerosene. Exemplary 1/3.
Signed and justified.
Measurements: 27 x 11 cm.
The soles are a recurrent resource in the work of the artist Eva Lootz, who has used this element as part of several installations. The soles are the last contact of the human being with the earth he steps on, in addition to causing a trace of the journey that someone makes, so it is a symbolic element that reflects on the role of human beings on earth, their relationship with it and the impact of the actions and decisions we make, some are heavy and are made of bronze, while other lighter ones are represented with kerosene.

A Viennese artist based in Madrid since 1965, Eva Lootz was trained in her native city, where she studied Fine Arts, Musicology, Cinematography and Philosophy. Although she is mainly known for her sculptural work, Lootz also works in installation, drawing, printmaking, photography, video and sound, always focusing on her main concern: the relationship between matter and language. She began her exhibition activity in 1973, and since then she has held regular solo exhibitions both in Spain and abroad, in galleries and art centers such as the Galleriet in Lund (Sweden, 1981), the David Breitzel in New York (1990), the Barbara Faber of Amsterdam (1990, 1994, 1996), the South London of London (1994), the Fundación Pilar i Joan Miró of Palma (1996), the Luis Adelantado of Valencia (1997), the Borås Konstmuseum (Sweden, 1997) or the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid (2002). She has also participated in competitions, collective and official exhibitions such as the Expo'92 in Seville, and in 1994 she was awarded the National Prize of Fine Arts. She is currently represented in the MACBA in Barcelona, the MNCARS in Madrid, the Museum of Abstract Art in Cuenca, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Malmö, the CAAM in Las Palmas, the Patio Herreriano Museum in Valladolid and many other public and private collections.