In a cultural moment increasingly shaped by algorithmic image production and the fantasy of art without artists, I insist on the irreducibility of the body as a site of presence, tension, and political agency.
My performances do not illustrate concepts—they enact them. The body becomes both medium and subject: exposed, vulnerable, and at the same time resistant.
Against narratives of disappearance and delegation, I position the artist as a critical force. My work grounds the viewer in a shared, embodied experience, one that cannot be automated, replicated, or outsourced to systems of simulation.
I began painting, writing and dancing since I was a little girl. I had been studying Semiotics of Art with Umberto Eco and Omar Calabrese at Bologna University; this semiotic background is very important for my art and my work. I have been also influenced by my uncle Elio Pagliarani’s poetry, by his rare but crucial suggestions and his performing attitude.
I am a happy late-life single mum, living at the moment between Milan and Rimini — though traveling has always been, and remains, a big part of who I am.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2024, 6 p.m.
Presentation of LIUBA’s. book and video
THIS IS THE BEST ARTWORK
Spazio Alda Merini
via Magolfa, 30. Milan
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2023, 5pm
ZANZARA ARTE CONTEMPORANEA – FERRARA
MEET THE ARTIST
artist’s talk during and into LIUBA’s solo show
SENZA PERMESSO E PER AMORE
Short video derived from the talk Meet the Artist, during LIUBA solo show at the gallery zanzara arte contemporanea in Ferrara (sept.dec.2023)
Presentation speech for LIUBA solo show
at Pino Pascali Museum Foundation
Polignano a mare (Ba), June 2019
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