Friday, March 20, 2009

culture vulture

Since I've been in Buenos Aires, I've visited at least a dozen galleries and museums: the MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires), BOCANO, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Centro Cultural San Telmo, Palais de Glace, Museo de Arte Popular de Jose Hernandez, Museo Historico Nacional, and a smattering of independent galleries in Palermo, Recoleta, and San Telmo. Here are some of my favourite pieces from the MALBA, which I visited twice:



Tarsila do Amaral, Abaporu, 1928 (Brazil)



Frida Kahlo, Self-Portrait with Monkey and Parrot, 1942 (Mexico)










Antonio Berni, Manifestacion, 1934 (Argentina)



Fernando Botero, Los viudos (The Widowers), 1968 (Colombia)









Maria Teresa Ponce, KM 485 (from Oleoducto/Oil Pipeline Series), 2006 (Equador)

Check out Ponce's website, which showcases her photography and installations. In addition to the Oleoducto series, I really like Deshabitados, a series of photographs depicting drug users that was mounted in an abandoned hospital in Quito, Equador.
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3 comments:

  1. KarenMarch 23, 2009 at 5:37 PM

    Absolutely lovely!

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  2. UnknownMarch 24, 2009 at 9:10 PM

    Nice layout with the photos. "Manifestacion" kind of looks like the painting you did.

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  3. chelseaMarch 27, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    love love love kahlo. so visceral.

    berni's interesting too. I'll have to look for more stuff.

    I did check out Ponce's website, and have liked some of what I saw. The Kimun/Pipeline series is beautifully composed, but I'm not *feeling* it. Much prefer the Canada/Deshabitados, esp. 2004.

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