Mirtha Dermisache

Mirtha Dermisache (21 February 1940 – 5 January 2012) was an Argentine artist whose works of asemic writing have been published and exhibited internationally at venues including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and MACBA in Barcelona, and collected by leading international arts institutions.[1]

Mirtha Dermisache
Born(1940-02-21)February 21, 1940
Buenos Aires, Argentina
DiedJanuary 5, 2012(2012-01-05) (aged 71)
NationalityArgentine
Alma materManuel Belgrano and Prilidiano Pueyrredón National Schools of Fine Arts
Known forAsemic writing
WebsiteArchivo Mirtha Dermisache

Early life and education

Dermisache was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied visual arts at the Manuel Belgrano and Prilidiano Pueyrredón National Schools of Fine Arts.[2]

Career

Dermisache published her first 500-page book in 1966-1967.[2] In the 1970s, Dermisache's works were published in Latin America and Europe by the Centre of Art and Communication (CayC), led by Jorge Glusberg. From the mid-1970s through the 1980s, Marc Dachy Guy Schraenen, Belgian editor and curator, also published and exhibited her works through the Archive for Small Press and Communication.[1] Her works were also published in the magazines Flash art, Doc(k)s, Kontext, Ephemera and Ax. Ulises Carrión exhibited her works in the gallery Other books and so (Amsterdam), and Roberto Altmann did the same in the Malmö Konsthall (Sweden). Her first solo show in Buenos Aires was in the gallery "The Edge".[3]

Since 2004, Mirtha Dermisache together with Florent Fajole, a French publisher, made a series of publisher’s devices exploring the dimensions of installation and publishing, which have been presented in Buenos Aires, Paris, London and Rome.[4]

In 1971, she created the Workshop of Creative Actions in Buenos Aires where she imparted her visual arts teaching method. Between 1974 and 1981, she gave a cycle of public workshops named Colour and Form Conferences where she exposed her method: "How to develop creative skills by means of artistic techniques."

She has recently exhibited in the Proa Foundation, the Fine Arts Pavilion at the Argentine Catholic University (UCA), at the MACBA, Spain, at the Centre Pompidou where on the occasion of her recent incorporation in the collection she was part of the exhibition collection elles @ centrepompidou, and in different institutional spaces in France, like the Centre Des Livres d’Artistes and the Belfort School of Fine Arts Pavilion. Her latest group exhibition, dedicated to the issue of illegible writing, took place in gallery P420, in Bologna, Italy, along with artists such as Leon Ferrari, Hanne Darboven, Irma Blank and Daïdamano.

Solo exhibitions and publisher's devices
  • Mirtha Dermisache: The Otherness of the Writings, Henrique Faria Fine Art, New York, December 1, 2017—January 20, 2018.
  • Mirtha Dermisache. Publicaciones y dispositivos editoriales, Pabellón de las Bellas Artes de la Universidad Católica de Argentina, Buenos Aires, 16/06/2011-17/07/2011, curator: Cecilia Cavanagh, concept & design: Florent Fajole, (2011)
  • Mirtha Dermisache. Tirages limités, Galerie Brun Léglise, Paris, 29/09/2010-02/11/2010, curator: Florent Fajole, (2010)
  • Livres, Mirtha Dermisache, Dispositif éditorial, Florent Fajole, Centre des Livres d’Artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France, 04/10/2010-20/12/2008. Made in collaboration with Mangrove, French publishers (Les éditions de la mangrove) and Le clou dans le fer and the Centre Des Livres d’Artistes, curator: Didier Mathieu, (2008)
  • Mirtha Dermisache: Diez cartas. Dispositivo editorial 4, Istituto Italo-Latino-Americano (IILA), Rome, Italy, 08/11/2007-28/11/2007. Made in collaboration with Le clou dans le fer, publishers, (2007)
  • Mirtha Dermisache: Libro n°2-1968. Dispositivo editorial 3, Bookartbookshop, London, United Kingdom, 10/03/2006-10/04/2010. Publisher’s device in collaboration with Mangrove (Les éditions de la mangrove) and Le clou dans le fer, publishers, France, (2006)
  • Mirtha Dermisache: Lectura pública. Dispositivo editorial 2, Centro Cultural de España, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Made in collaboration with Mangrove (Les Editions de la Mangrove), France, (2005)
  • Mirtha Dermisache : Ecritures [:] Multiples, Centre International de Poésie Marseille, Marseille, France, 10/09/2004-16/10/2004, curators: Florent Fajole and Nicolas Tardy, (2004)
  • Mirtha Dermisache: Escrituras [:] Múltiples, El Borde. Arte contemporáneo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 03/08/2004-28/08/2004. Made in collaboration with Mangrove (Les Editions de la Mangrove), France, (2004)
  • Mirtha Dermisache, Archive Space, Archive for Small Press & Communication (A.S.P.C.), Antwerpen, Belgium, curator: Guy Schraenen, (1989)
  • Mirtha Dermisache, Other books and So, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, curator: Guy Schraenen, (1978)

Notable group exhibitions
  • Drawing Time, Reading Time, The Drawing Center, London, UK, (2013)
  • Arte de sistemas 1969-1977, Espacio de Arte de Fundación OSDE, Buenos Aires, AR (2013)
  • Alfabe: della mente, P420, Bologna, IT (2011)
  • PLC Punto, Línea y Curva, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, AR (2011)
  • Elles@centrepompidou, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR (2009-2011)
  • Azules líneas rojas – cinco días con el dibujo, Centro Cultural de España de Córdoba, ES (2010)
  • Mirtha Dermisache et Gérard Duchêne, Galerie Brun Léglise, Paris, FR (2010)
  • A voir mais pas à lire. Leila BreR, Mirtha Dermisache, Gerard Duchêne, Roberto Elía, Ecoles des Beaux-Arts, Belfort, FR (2010)
  • Sintonías. Elba Bairon, Alejandro Cesarco, Mirtha Dermisache, Esteban Pastori- no, Alejandra Seeber, Fundacion Proa, Buenos Aires, AR (2010)
  • En los márgenes del arte. Creación y compromiso polí:co, Centre d’Estudis i Documentació, Museu de Art Contemporani de Barcelona, ES (2009)
  • Da escrita à figura. Desenhos da colecção da Fundação do Serralves, Fundação Carmona e Costa, Porto, PT (2005)
  • Le droit à l’auto-contradic:on. Carte blanche offerte à Bernard Heidsieck, Galerie Satellite, Paris, FR (2005)
  • D'une oeuvre l'autre. Le livre d’artiste dans l’art contemporain, Royal Museum of Mariemont, B, (1996)
  • Metamorphosen des Schreibens. Mirtha Dermisache u.a., Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, D, (1995)
  • Livres d'artistes, Proviciaal Museum, Haselt, B, (1990)
  • Ecritures, Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques, Paris, F, (1980)
  • Graphies, Musée provisoire d'art moderne, Bruxelles, B, (1977)
  • Art Systems in Latin America, Antwerpen, Brussels, London, Paris, organized by the Art and Communication Centre (Centro de Arte y Comunicación - CAYC), Buenos Aires, AR, (1974)

Publications
  • 4 Textos 1970-1998, Geneviève Chevalier & Florent Fajole éditeurs, Les éditions de la mangrove, Nîmes, Atelier Alban Chassagne, Paris, 2011.
  • Texto, 1974, Geneviève Chevalier & Florent Fajole éditeurs, Les éditions de la mangrove, Nîmes, Atelier Alban Chassagne, Paris, 2011.
  • Fragmento de historia, Florent Fajole éditeur, Les éditions de la mangrove, collection Dispositifs, Nîmes, 2010.
  • Lectura publica 5, Le 19 – Centre régional d’art contemporain, Montbéliard, 2010.
  • Lectura publica 4, Le 19 – Centre régional d’art contemporain, Montbéliard, 2010.
  • Libro n°1-1972, Le 19 – Centre régional d’art contemporain, Montbéliard, 2010.
  • Diez cartas, second edition, artist’s edition, publishing coordination: Olga Martínez, Buenos Aires, 2009.
  • Libro n°2-1972, Les éditions de la mangrove, Nîmes, Le Clou dans le Fer, Reims, collection Dispositifs, Centre Des Livres d’Artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, 2008.
  • Diez cartas, first edition, Le Clou dans le Fer publishers, Collection: Devices, Reims, 2007.
  • Lectura pública 3, artist’s edition, Buenos Aires, 2006.
  • Libro n°2-1968, Mangrove publishers, Nîmes, Le Clou dans le Fer, publishers, Reims, 2006.
  • Lectura pública, Mangrove publishers, Nîmes, 2005.
  • 9 Newsletters & 1 Reportaje,: Mobil-Home, Marseille, Manglar, Nîmes, El Borde, publishers,Buenos Aires, 2004.
  • Libro n°8-1970,: xul, Buenos Aires, Mobil-Home, Marseille, Manglar, Nîmes, publishers 2003.
  • Libro n°1-2003,: xul, Buenos Aires, Mobil-Home, Marseille, Manglar, Nîmes publishers, 2003.
  • Diario n°1 year 1, fifth edition, artist’s edition, Buenos Aires, 1995.
  • 4 Cartes postales, Guy Schraenen éditeur, Antwerp, 1978.
  • Carte postale, sans titre, Guy Schraenen éditeur, Antwerp, 1975.
  • Cahier n°1 1975, Guy Schraenen éditeur, Antwerp, 1975.
  • Diario n°1 year 1, Troisiéme edition, Guy Schraenen èditeur, Antwerp, 1975.
  • Fragmento de historieta, Centro de Arte y Comunicación, Buenos Aires, GT- 453, 1974.
  • Libro n°1 1969, Arte de Sistemas en Latinoamérica, Internationaal Cultureel Centrum, Antwerp, 1974. Centro de Arte y Comunicación, Buenos Aires, 1973.
  • Diario n°1 year 1, second edition, artist’s edition, Buenos Aires, 1973.
  • Diario n°1 year 1, first edition, Centro de Arte y Comunicación, Buenos Aires, 1972.
  • Carta, Centro de Arte y Comunicación, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 1971.

Collections
  • Archive of Small Press and Communication, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
  • Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires – mamBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • MACRO, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
  • Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina.
  • Colección Mauro Herlitzka, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain.
  • Museo de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain.
  • Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France.
  • Bibliothèque Kandinsky, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
  • Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, France.
  • Centre International de Poésie Marseille, Marseille, France.
  • Centre des Livres d’Artistes – CDLA, Saint-Yrieix-La Perche, France.
  • Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal.
  • Jean Brown Archive. Massachusetts, US.
  • Marvin and Ruth Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami, US.
  • Museum of Modern Art - MOMA, Franklin Furnace, Artist Book Collection, New York, US.
  • University of Buffalo, New York, US.
  • University of North Caroline at Chapel Hill, North Caroline, US.
  • University of Ohio, Ohio, US.

References
  1. "Mirtha Dermisache, Konex Award 2012: Concept Art: Five Years Term 2002 - 2006". Fundacion Konex. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. "Mirtha Dermisache, biografia". Henrique Faria. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. Martínez, Olga. "Beyond the Written Word". PROA. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. "Mirtha Dermisache: publications by Florent Fajole, éditeur". Mirtha Dermisache: publications by Florent Fajole, éditeur. Mirtha Dermisache: publications by Florent Fajole, éditeur. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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