By SPREADABLE MAGAZINE

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Florencia Basso (La Plata) is an engraver and  Professor in History of Visual Arts. In this exclusive interview with Spread Magazine we talk about her latest series: "Dolls to dress" and "Boxeadoras".

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How was born the idea of the series "Dolls to dress"? 

I had been working with stereotypes of women and of the feminine as well for a long time.  He came questioning those normative, hegemonic bodies of "Western beauty", and proposing another type of corporality, which had to do with the grotesque.

What inspired you when thinking about a role-playing game?

I was inspired by that game of cutting out silhouettes to dress Barbies, which are standardized, skinny and tall bodies.  I wanted to work with the dynamics of games, the playful, the didactic.  So, I put together games to dress witches, cooks... With the "witch doll" I try to circumvent the Barbie canon a bit, that stereotype that children play with.

How do you produce those images?

I use snippets of  engravings by classical artists such as Doré or Goya. I put together a collage and print them with photoplate (an engraving technique). Thus, I generate a new image. Then I intervene with inks, I draw.  

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