Analia Saban

Computer Fan

Year 2024
Medium Etching ink on paper
Dimensions 29.7 x 21 cm

About the work

My work explores the intersection of technology and traditional art mediums, inviting viewers to contemplate the evolving relationship between digital and analogue mediums. Even out of sight, the computer fan is constantly working, trying to cool down the servers that store our emails, social media, and cryptocurrency processing. I believe it has become an icon of our generation.

Date and country of birth

1980, AR

Career Highlights

Born in Argentina and based in Los Angeles, Analia Saban works across mediums, exploring how art objects are constructed and understood. Her work is deeply engaged with the tools of art-making: while she regularly uses traditional materials, she subverts and often combines them with digital technologies to completely rethink how an artwork functions.

Saban’s work is in the collections of MoMA, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; MOCA, Los Angeles; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, among others.