Adji Dieye
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ARTIST PROFILE
Milan, Italy, 1991
Through the exploration of the role of culture in advertising, architecture and national archives, her practice questions notions of representation and identity. She holds a degree in New Art Technologies from the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera and a master's degree from the Zurich University of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, United Arab Emirates and South Africa. He has participated in the Biennale de Lyon, the Biennale de Dak'Art, the Biennale de Bamako - Rencontres de Bamako and the Biennale Méditerranée - Schools of Water. His work is part of important public and private collections such as the Vontobel Collection, C/O Berlin, the Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej and the Fotomuseum Winterthur.
Adji Dieye. Si la memoria fuera un color, 2025. Vista de instalación. Sede: Centro Cultural Municipal. Foto: Byron Mármol. Cortesía: Fundación Paiz / Bienal de Arte Paiz
Adji Dieye. If Memory Was a Colour, 2025. Installation view. Venue: Centro Cultural Municipal. Photo: Byron Mármol. Courtesy: Fundación Paiz / Bienal de Arte Paiz
Obra participante en la bienal
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Si la memoria fuera un color, 2025
5 estructuras metálicas
(320 x 50 x 185 cm
150 x 50 x 200 cm
300 x 50 x 137 cm
280 x 50 x 150 cm
330 x 50 x 150 cm)
y tela teñida de azul Maya e índigo de África Occidental
Cortesía de la artista
Comisionada para la 24 Bienal de Arte Paiz
Este proyecto está generosamente patrocinado por la Galería UNA
Esta participación cuenta también con el apoyo de la Embajada de Italia y el Instituto Italiano de Cultura de Ciudad de Guatemala.
Si la memoria fuera un color explora la relación entre formas ancestrales y estética modernista a través del triángulo como símbolo central. Inspirada en tradiciones mayas y africanas, la obra reinterpreta geometrías ancestrales mediante estructuras contemporáneas. Una tira continua de seda teñida con azul maya e índigo africano, dos colores cargados de historia ritual, comercial y colonial, articula la instalación. La obra reflexiona sobre el color como archivo vivo de resiliencia, borramiento y continuidad, funcionando al mismo tiempo como un sitio en el que la fragilidad y la monumentalidad coexisten.
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If Memory Was a Colour, 2025
5 metal structures
(320 x 50 x 185 cm
150 x 50 x 200 cm
300 x 50 x 137 cm
280 x 50 x 150 cm
330 x 50 x 150 cm)
Dyed fabric with Maya Blue and indigo from West Africa
Courtesy of the artist
This project is generously sponsored by UNA Gallery
This participation is also supported by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute of Guatemala City.
If Memory Was a Colour explores the relationship between ancestral forms and modernist aesthetics through the triangle as a central symbol. Inspired by Mayan and African traditions, the work reinterprets ancestral geometries through contemporary structures. A continuous strip of silk, dyed in Maya blue and West African indigo—two colors charged with ritual, commercial, and colonial histories—structures the installation. The work reflects on color as a living archive of resilience, erasure, and continuity, while also functioning as a site where fragility and monumentality coexist.