Her sculpture covers topics such as feminism, body, sex, religion, death and fashion. She has taken three main lines.
On the one hand, works based on objects, toys, religious images or everyday items. Through this work invites the social analysis, criticism and reflection of quotidian -fashion, consumerism, etc..
Another line is formed by her
polyurethane foam sculptures, following the technique she learned from
Enrique Marty. Composed by sculptures of people in real size -some of them fragmented- and anthropomorphic pieces of organic textures. These sculptures cover topics such as the process of construction-deconstruction of the body, defragmented body, skin, etc. Some of these works can be related to those by
Damien Hirst or
Gunther von Hagens.
From 2014 she begins to combine sculpture with
Wi-Fi technologies and
streaming. Through these
conceptual works, in addition to treat the network as an artwork, she calls for reflection on the consciousness of the body.[6][7][8][9][10]
Other disciplines
Among the works of Esperanza Zabala can be found a series of
installations and performances of
action painting in which she uses her own body as a tool. In those works she prints on paper her body previously smeared with red paint, following lines of work such as
Ana Mendieta and
Yves Klein.
In addition, the artist has also made
artist's books and
serigraphs.[11][12][13]
References
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abOnandia Garate, Mikel (2013). Artea Durangaldean gaur / Arte en el Duranguesado hoy (in Basque and Spanish). Astarloa Kulturgintza & Ayuntamiento de Durango. p. 82.
ISBN978-84-616-6190-9.
^"Biography". Artworks Esperanza Zabala. Esperanza Zabala. July 11, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
^"Paintings". Artworks Esperanza Zabala. Esperanza Zabala. July 12, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
^F.Z., N. (2005).
"Ikusi makusi, zer ikusten duzu?" [Esperanza Zabalak azken urteotan egindako margoak batu ditu Beittu Art Galleryn]. Deia (in Basque). Basque Country. Archived from
the original on February 7, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
^Morquecho, Félix (December 21, 2014).
"Poliuretano, pintura e internet" [Esperanza Zabala presenta una exposición en la sala Topaleku en la que combina su pintura con una instalación]. Diario Vasco (in Spanish). Basque Country. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
^Irigoien Aizpitarte, Odei (April 9, 2013).
"Andrazkoen sormenaren lekuko" [Hamabi autoreren artista liburuak eta beste hainbat obra ikusgai daude Arteko galerian, Donostian]. Berria (in Basque). Basque Country. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
Onandia Garate, Mikel (2013). Artea Durangaldean gaur / Arte en el Duranguesado hoy (in Basque and Spanish). Astarloa Kulturgintza & Ayuntamiento de Durango. pp. 82–85.
ISBN978-84-616-6190-9.