The landscape we live in... (Part II)
12:09 p.m.
08/18/16 - The Argentine Pampas had a double sound: that of the malones (indian raids) and that of the thunder storms, says Ana María Battistozzi, curator of the exhibition "Paisajes de nuestro territorio". But way before that, heavy animals walked these lands, and one of them was the Glyptodont. It is said that, when architect/artist Clorindo Testa began excavations to built the National Library, he found archeological remains belonging to that extinct giant. To celebrate the discovery, he did a ceramic and polystyrene sculpture of its skeleton, with a special note remembering the anecdote.
Gliptodonte, by Clorindo Testa (1988)
Expanded polystyrene, ceramics, cardboard and wood / Measures: 120 x 300 x 150 cm
According to Traditional Academic standards, a landscape is a clipping, a trim the artist does of the world. But Contemporary Art, which rejects all conventions, forgets that approach and enhances the frame, so the landscape will be the result of our imagination.
Invasiones mutuas, by Maz Gómez Canle
Technique: oil on canvas and frame / Measures: 90 x 130 cm
Other young artists represent the landscape in diverse ways, as this exhibition pretends to show. The artworks on display belong to different periods and collections, but the same subject unites them all and together they build a geography of National identity.
Estudio para un paisaje #9, by Grupo Mondongo (2009-2013)
Play dough and other materials on wood / Measures: 130 x 230 x 10 cm
El río Paraíso en la chacra de Daniel, by Florencia Bohtlingk (1999)
Technique: oil on canvas / Measures: 180 x 200 cm
Arbol misionero, by Florencia Bohtlingk (2002)
Technique: oil on canvas / Measures: 60 x 45 cm
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