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Susana Pilar

Empatía exhibition views Galleria Continua San Gimignano, 2024. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

Susana Pilar

Empatía exhibition views Galleria Continua San Gimignano, 2024. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

Susana Pilar

Empatía exhibition views Galleria Continua San Gimignano, 2024. Photo: Ela Bialkowska, OKNO Studio

Susana Pilar

Resistencia (Resistance) 2019, Video performance, 32:48 minutes. Photo: Nestor Kim

Susana Pilar

Resistencia (Resistance) 2019, Video performance, 32:48 minutes. Photo: Nestor Kim

Susana Pilar

Llave maestra (Master key) 2012, digital prints, black and white, matt paper photos, 80 x 60 cm each. Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela... (series), 2017. Lightboxes. Variable dimensions. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela... (series), 2017. Lightboxes. Variable dimensions. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela... (series), 2017. Lightboxes. Variable dimensions. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela... (series), 2017. Lightboxes. Variable dimensions. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela... (series), 2017. Lightboxes. Variable dimensions. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela... (series), 2017. Lightboxes. Variable dimensions. Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Llave maestra (Master key) 2012, digital prints, black and white, matt paper photos, 80 x 60 cm each. Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Llave maestra (Master key) 2012, digital prints, black and white, matt paper photos, 80 x 60 cm each. Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

El Escándalo de lo real heterologuos artificial insémination 2006-2007, photograph and medical report of insemination, medical report: 28 x 22 cm; photograph: 20 x 30 cm. Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

El Escándalo de lo real heterologuos artificial insémination 2006-2007, photograph and medical report of insemination, medical report: 28 x 22 cm; photograph: 20 x 30 cm. Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Kont pa si bato mon frèr pou sot la rivièr 2011, video performance, Reunion Island, France. Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

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Dibujo Intercontinental, 2017, Performance, Venice, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Dibujo Intercontinental, 2017, Performance, Venice, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

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Dibujo Intercontinental, 2017, Performance, Venice, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

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Dibujo Intercontinental, 2017, Performance, Venice, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

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Estudio, 2017, Photo Michel Pou

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Estudio, 2017, Photo Michel Pou

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Estudio, 2017, Photo Michel Pou

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Espera, 2014, object, Photo Michel Pou

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Sin título, 2017, text, Photo Michel Pou

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Sin título, 2017, text, Photo Michel Pou

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still from Seamos felices mientras podamos, 2009. Photo Nestor Kim

Susana Pilar

Sin título, 2008, photograph, Photo Michel Pou

Susana Pilar

Sin título, 2008, photograph, Photo Michel Pou

Susana Pilar

Sin título, 2008, photograph, Photo Michel Pou

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela..., 2017, lightbox, 120 x 180 x 20 cm, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela..., 2017, lightbox, 120 x 180 x 20 cm, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela..., 2017, lightbox, 120 x 180 x 20 cm, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela..., 2017, lightbox, 120 x 180 x 20 cm, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Lo que contaba la abuela..., 2017, lightbox, 120 x 180 x 20 cm, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Un chino Ilega a Matanzas..., 2015-2017, Installation. Chinese ink on silk, lantern, sound and Coral red floor RAL 3016, variable dimensions, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Un chino Ilega a Matanzas..., 2015-2017, Installation. Chinese ink on silk, lantern, sound and Coral red floor RAL 3016, variable dimensions, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Un chino Ilega a Matanzas..., 2015-2017, Installation. Chinese ink on silk, lantern, sound and Coral red floor RAL 3016, variable dimensions, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar

Un chino Ilega a Matanzas..., 2015-2017, Installation. Chinese ink on silk, lantern, sound and Coral red floor RAL 3016, variable dimensions, Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

Susana Pilar: the body as work material

In almost all Susana Pilar’s works, the artist is present. Her work can be defined as eclectic, unpredictable and permeated with recurrent concerns. Pilar is interested in the state of affairs for women in the world and the different expression of gender discrimination. Through this interest she has also investigated violence against women in Cuba which inadvertently lead to an interest in certain phenomena like death and how they are handled by authoritative figures, professions and society in general. Each medium with which Susana Pilar works comes instinctively to her whether its video, performance, installation, sculpture, drawing and new media to name a few. The body is something particularly recurring and important in Pilar’s oeuvre. Mostly using her own, she considers the body to be a strong energetic and material charge with an expressive potential. 

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