Abstracto 2016
11:31 a.m.
10/10/16 - By chance, or not so, several exhibitions displaying abstract artists were held in parallel to PROA's Kasimir Malevich one. For example, the MAT presented geometric Argentine artists of the 60s and 70s and Galería Del Infinito brought together Beto de Volder and Andrés Sobrino. Central Newbery, with Abstracto 2016, displayed the last examples of geometric works by young artists, which we can say represents Argentina's present Geometric Art.
General view of the exhibition Abstracto 2016
Galería Central Newbery
Lineal Infinito III-IV, by Elizabeth Guitelman (2016)
Technique: acrylic and markers on paper
Untitled 126-127, by Marcelo Boullosa
Technique: acrylic on canvas
Jei 5, by Jimena Fuertes (2014)
Technique: acrylic on wood
Some time ago, Renata Cervetto, curator responsible for the exhibition on Geometric Art in Argentina, explained that today this art method is mostly based in the use of the visual and theoretical tools offered by geometry. It was not so in the first years of the 20th Century, said Cervetto, when abstraction was taken as a radical approach against naturalism and as the symbol used by concrete artists in the 40s to battle Modern Art.
Punto, by Roberto Scafidi (2015-16)
Technique: acrylic and oil on canvas
Díptico, by Amalia Llamas (2016)
Technique: acrylic on canvas
Estallando desde el océano, by Gabriela Boer (2016)
Technique: acrylic on canvas
The absence of figurative representation enhance the almost perfect geometric shapes, and to achieve this, the artists use all the new technological resources. Some of the artworks on display at Abstracto 2016 take shapes from Medieval architecture and others reach geometry after experimenting with abstract expressionism. One way or the other, they all meet in those universally familiar shapes, so popular to observers.
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