
Persiana, 2014 - Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen
about this work
Persiana in Italian or Spanish, or persienne in French, refers to venetian blinds (another French term for them is jalousies) that are used inside or outside windows to protect a house's inhabitants from light or heat. They can conceal or reveal to the outside world what is going on within. The idea of a blind raises notions of suspicion, reserve, restraint, paranoia, deflection or privacy, but also of an artistic position that is guided by utmost precision. This screen print is based on a work of 2007 (167 x 286 cm), composed of plexiglas rectangles, arranged evenly in a rectangle and slightly offset from the grey painted wall. The work evokes the painting as a window and introduces questions about this work's status : how does it relate to what is withheld and what is revealed?