Space, Matter, and Form
The forms, materials, and events in space boost our perception and affix us to the present.
Permanent reinvention of materialities and forms in the current-day art
La trama de oro (The gold weave) (2021) by Mariana BreaFundación Itaú Argentina
In The Golden Fabric, Mariana Brea turns the flat surface of paper into a sculptural material.
3rd Acquisition Prize. 12th Itaú Cultural Visual Arts Award.
Through careful cuts and folds, it generates a dazzling space, where multiple sensory associations appear.
3rd Acquisition Prize. 12th Itaú Cultural Visual Arts Award.
Aura - 0321 (2021) by Gonzalo MacielFundación Itaú Argentina
The Aura can be understood as an energy field of luminous radiation of different colors, surrounding a person.
Gonzalo Maciel represents that energy, captured in an object that offers the possibility of direct interaction with its color and light.
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In Furniture and Vacuum, Fernanda Vilella copies the shape of a pothole in the sidewalk to make a small table with that shape and the relief of the tiles.
Mueble y vacío (Furniture and void) (2019) by Fernanda VilellaFundación Itaú Argentina
Then, she puts the table on the same sidewalk and takes some photos. Physiognomies that reveal accidental absences.
Cuerpos críticos (Critical bodies) (2021) by Julia MasvernatFundación Itaú Argentina
These 8 paintings by Julia Masvernat are part of a series that explores and investigates the Buenos Aires coast.
Mention. 12th Itaú Artes Visuales Award.
The designs that we see are a product of the meeting of human figures with architectural structures.
Mention. 12th Itaú Artes Visuales Award.
Geometric abstractions configured on the very shore of Buenos Aires, the city of fury.
Mention. 12th Itaú Artes Visuales Award.
EAC0004 SIN TÍTULO (EAC0004 UNTITLED) EAC0004 SIN TÍTULO (EAC0004 UNTITLED) (2020) by Marcolina DipierroFundación Itaú Argentina
In its design and execution, this work by Marcolina Dipierro seems to function as a compact volume that replicates the shape of a semicircular arch.
However, the apparent block is made up of hundreds of suspended lightweight chains.
Dispositivo de diálogo (Dialogue device) (2020) by Leonardo DamonteFundación Itaú Argentina
Objects abandon their functionality in Leonardo Damonte's light sculpture.
They pass from the utilitarian plane to the aesthetic one.
A device of an unpredictable dialogue between space, matter, and form.
Ernesto Alli hyperbolizes two lollipops to transform them into neo-medieval weapons.
Al Don Pirulero (2021) by Ernesto AlliFundación Itaú Argentina
Two disparate associations united by the acuity of humor.
Cascada (Fall) (2021) by Mariela VitaFundación Itaú Argentina
In Mariela Vita's Cascade, flexible, rigid, opaque and shiny materials come together, creating a dreamlike space.
A trampoline to a different state of consciousness.
Other works propose exercises to give body to light.
Untitled (2020) by Ariel MoraFundación Itaú Argentina
In the case of Ariel Mora, the piece analyzes the immateriality of light and the way it occupies a physical space.
The acrylic paint and frame initiate a conversation between the different qualities of color.
Florencia Reisz's video provokes a feeling of infinite space. Through the analog manipulation of glass, graphic ink and light, the artist investigates the idea of multiverses, of access to other dimensions.
The limits of painting have been constantly hacked throughout history.
La pintura trabajadora (The working paint) La pintura trabajadora (The working paint) (2020) by Estefanía MateoFundación Itaú Argentina
The Hard-working Painting could be linked to that search. Estefanía Mateo turns this discipline into a living body that grows and transforms.
For this practice, she chooses synthetic enamel; its ductility allows it to play with another unruly element: gravity.
Amantes en el parque (Lovers in the park) (2020) by Francisco RattiFundación Itaú Argentina
This painting by Francisco Ratti is a free version of Des amoureux dans l´herbe, a Rococo-style work by François Boucher.
Mention. 12th Itaú Artes Visuales Award.
First, the artist interprets it with his finger on the smartphone screen. Then, he transforms the drawing into a large-sized acrylic on canvas.
Mention. 12th Itaú Artes Visuales Award.
A passage from digital to analog, an exercise on the borderline of different representation systems.
Mention. 12th Itaú Artes Visuales Award.
Fundación Itaú Argentina
José Pagés
Clarice Bentolila
Anabella Ciana
Alejandra Saldías
Nancy Chappe
María Florencia Trotta
Mariana Coluccio
Mariano Pastore
María Menegazzo and Magdalena Mosquera.
Text credits, Curatorship and Coordination 12th Itaú Visual Arts Award.
Celina Marco
Coordination Google Arts & Culture
Valentina Bonelli
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