Tag: buenos aires

Marcia Schvartz at 55 Walker

Exiled to Spain, then Brazil in the late 70s during Argentina’s military junta, Argentinian artist Marcia Schvartz returned to Buenos Aires in 1983, settling in the working class and bohemian neighborhood of San Telmo. Frank portraits of her friends and neighbors followed, along with this depiction of a mystical encounter at one of the city’s major train stations now on view in an exhibition of Schvartz’s work at Tribeca gallery 55 Walker. Downplaying the opulent and busy surroundings of the station, Schvartz concentrates on a tender encounter between a mom and an ethereal visage. (On view through Sept 7th).

Encuentro mistico constitucion (Mystical encounter at Constitution Train Station), oil on canvas and collage, 52 x 46.2 x 1 inches, 1998.

 

Michael Eastman at Edwynn Houk Gallery

Known for photographing opulent buildings from Italy to Havana, Michael Eastman’s latest series focuses on century-old neoclassical interiors in Buenos Aires. This slightly less extravagant but no less gorgeous college stairwell is the picture of tranquility in cool, blue and green-toned tile. That it is without students suggests timing or an oblique reference to something more sinister in Argentina’s past. (On view at Edwynn Houk Gallery in midtown through Jan 20th).

Michael Eastman, Colegio Passage, Buenos Aires, chromogenic print, 48 x 60 inches, 2017.

Mariano Sardon at Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery

Mariano Sardon not only gives us portraits, he tells us how we look at them.  The Buenos Aires-based Argentinian artist shows a picture of a face to viewers while a camera records their eye movements.  The information from many viewers is then mapped onto the face, which is drawn before our eyes following the sequences of the gazes.  (At Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in Chelsea through Dec 21st).  

Mariano Sardon, from the series ‘150 Gazes looking around them,’ digital video, 2012.