Mariposa Oscura, by Andrés Paredes

Measures: 6 x 3 m

Centro Cultural Borges

Argentine artist Andrés Paredes (1979) was born in the province Misiones, where high temperatures and red soils are permanent companions and insects fly everywhere, stirring your imagination. It is, in fact, a fertile place for creation and Paredes knows it. Simply staring at his butterfly is enough to feel embraced by Nature. With its wings opened, it occupies most of the space and, as Ana Quijano said, when the butterfly reached the Bienal del Fin del Mundo in 2011, "we don't know how it got there or where it came from".

In spite of its black wings, it is not threatening. It just hangs from the ceiling as a remainder of the small species we are losing because of our disdain...

Mariposa Oscura, by Andrés Paredes

Measure: 6 x 3 m

Centro Cultural Borges

This artwork is part of Esteban Tedesco's private collection, curated by Philippe Cyroulnik. All of it was exhibited at the Centro Cultural Borges, but the butterfly still remains at the entrance.

Keep reading... "Antes de que llegue la noche", by A. Quijano. Catalogue of the Bienal del Fin del Mundo, 2011.