It is a must see for each Art lover. Contemporary Art Lover. Incredibly so they opened this Museum ten years ago at the outbreak of this country's most horrible economic crisis that left more than 60% of all Argentines below the poverty line. Amazing. So on this splendid December 31st 2011 my daytime programme was to see the exhibition of Carlos Cruz Diez - color in space and time.
Gorgeous work and applied all over the world in music halls, on zebra crossings, as fences etc - I love it when Art gets integrated into every day life into seemingly unimportant situations or events to enrich, inspire and deepen our experiences. When it is all around us, when we live with it. And this exhibit was an experience. His wall pieces are a an experience as you walk along them altering your pace and perspective you can emerse yourself in the changing patterns and colors. A little difficult do describe - I guess you have to do it and be there... the only thing I wondered was why not more people walked backwards along the walls or ran and jumped - like I did - such a child in me - such a girl.
His Art really comes alive by moving the body in different directions and speed along it.
Food for my soul. Gorgeous. How happy this made me.
In the section of Latin American Art I found the cross over between writing, letters, paper and Art. The attentive reader of my blog knows paper and writing, the letters and the word have been in my focus lately - I still am not sure where it will take me and I was moved to tears by a piece called PQBD by Mira Schendel and the ovo novelo by Augusto Luis Browne de Campos. These days Art moves me that deeply - I "get" it with every cell of my body.
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On my way to the Malba - quite a few blocks too many really to walk in this blistering heat and thanks to my Nikes, sunblock on my sensitive skin and that ever with me bottle of water - I made it. Walking down the Paseo de Recoleta you pass the sweet stalls of the market of course - recommendable and then BsAs television studios.
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This Billboard made me pause and ponder. This very sensual looking woman hosts a show called - time to think. And so I thought. First what a contradiction. Such alluring contrast. Ah, how much European women can learn about integration - combining femininity or sensuality with brain power.
Oh - you cannot take her seriously dolled up like this - really? - Argentine men seem to do exactly that. This country has its gender roles down at least that is what I can see so far. Men are men - women are women everything is possible for both. A woman runs the country. Does she polarise wide parts of the population - of course she does. Someone once said to me this is possible only because of the strong Italian influence - more than 40% have Italian roots - the matriarchy - it is a country run by "La Mama" - That is way to one dimensional and easy for me, especially since I think all the other equally as strong influences give Argentina this unique very special flair. The government- La Presidencia - runs an ad here in their quest to build national pride and identification. It goes like this: Argentina - un pais con buena gente - a country "with good people" - and I wish them well with their endeavor to slowly but surely built a national identity that is grown up with severed cords from Mama Europe. Argentina can very much hold its own as I was allowed to experience exactly that today in the most inspiring conversations with the generation that graduated from university during the economic breakdown. I ran a coaching session with a few of their young leaders. Wow - what a mature, wise, grown up and elastic group of talent this is! Watch out Europe and other parts of the world for that matter - LatAm is coming of age.
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