Eva Lootz

EVA LOOTZ (Vienna, 1940).
“Talking Leaves,” 1990.
5 prints on Velin paper. Edition P.A. 3/8.
Studio: Miutso Miura.
Signed and numbered in pencil.
Measurements: 38 x 29 cm (x5); 40 x 31 x 2 cm (box).
The *Talking Leaves* series, created by Eva Lootz in 1990, is one of the graphic works that best encapsulates the central concerns of her entire career: the relationship between matter, language, and memory. The work emerged at a particularly significant moment in her career, as during the 1980s, Lootz had conducted extensive research into mineral extraction processes, the transformation of raw materials, and the ways in which these processes leave their mark on both the landscape and culture. At the same time, she began to explore the relationships between words and things, convinced that language is also a material that erodes and preserves layers of meaning.
A Viennese artist based in Madrid since 1965, Eva Lootz was educated in her hometown, where she studied Fine Arts, Musicology, Film, and Philosophy. Although she is primarily known for her work as a sculptor, Lootz also creates installations, drawings, prints, photographs, videos, and sound works, always centered on her main concern: the relationship between matter and language. She began exhibiting in 1973 and has since held solo exhibitions on a regular basis both in Spain and abroad, at galleries and art centers such as the Galleriet in Lund (Sweden, 1981), the David Breitzel in New York (1990), the Barbara Faber in Amsterdam (1990, 1994, 1996), the South London in London (1994), the Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation in Palma (1996), the Luis Adelantado Gallery in Valencia (1997), the Borås Konstmuseum (Sweden, 1997), and the Reina Sofía National Art Museum in Madrid (2002). She has also participated in competitions, group exhibitions, and official shows such as Expo ’92 in Seville, and in 1994 she was awarded the National Prize for Fine Arts. Her work 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.