Art of the Americas – 2021 – Interciencia English

Art of the Americas – 2021

Juan Pablo Renzi. Casilda, Argentina, 1940 – Buenos Aires, 1992

Meditations of the Dutchman, 1988-1989
Mixed technique on canvas
140 x 190 cm

Renzi carries out works that gather themes of literature, music and painting, thus generating interdisciplinary representations. Among others, there are references to the writer Juan José Soler, to the musical magazine Lulú and to the Dutch painter Par Andrea.

Comments: Gallery Herlitzka-Faria / Photo: Courtesy Gallery Herlitzka-Faria / Reproduction: Courtesy of Juan Pablo Renzi Archive and Herlitzka-Faria Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Claudia Penrroz, Los Ángeles, Bío-Bío, Chile, 1965

Hoop Skirt, from the series ‘Women in Colonial Times’,2011 Acrylic on canvas
130 cm x 110 cm

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The intense color, rich textures and suggestive stains attempt to catch all the energy present in “Women of other Times”: Spaniards, and Creole, slaves, indians, tricksters and chandlers in which we find common features, Chileans, fighters, zealous, with or without fortune, builder of the same race. …women as the key element to decipher the social, economic and cultural development of Chile during the colonial times.

Comments: Montecatini.cl Art Gallery, Chile/ Photography: Claudia Penrroz / Reproduction: Montecatini.cl Art Gallery, Chile. www.montecatini.cl

Elda Cerrato, Argentina, born in Asti, Italy, 1930

Series: For an image of man IV, 1976
Acrylic on canvas
115 x 145 cm

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In the works [from the 1970s] the references to the political context become more explicit. Maps, which for the first time appear in representations of the descent of the Beta Being ship to earth –and, more precisely, into Latin America– introduce the markings of contingencies of immediate reality: from the internal epic and the spiritual search …Cerrato’s output shifts toward incorporating social and political externality as a scenario in which the work articulates and disputes its effects of meaning and its possibilities of making a critical impact …makes visible a set fragment of reality: it is a matter of images of popular demonstrations, of city or country landscapes, of representations of labor on the land and industry.

Comments: Fernando Davis / Photography: Herlitzka + Faria / Reproduction: Courtesy of the artist and Herlitzka + Faria, Buenos Aires /

Mariana Brea, Apóstoles, Misiones. Argentina,1978.

Metallic Organicity Series, Mother of Pearl 3, 2020
Hand cut paper covered in acrylic case
59 x 59 cm.

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Metallic Organicity: Elongated, stylized and ambiguous shapes, belonging to the plant and animal world, have a dialogue with the equilibrium, the ornament and the human body. In contrast, the brilliant and industrial palette emulates a certain ferrous presence. The brilliance of the paper and the design uncover the sensuality of the line and the complex work suggested in the wave.

Comments: Mariana Brea / Photography: Mariana Brea / Reproduction: Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Praxis, Buenos Aires.

Cecilia Cambas. Posadas, Misiones. Argentina,1977

Fluctuations, 2021
Acrylic on canvas
140 x 130 cm

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I`m inspired by nature, by the jungle and by the landscapes of my childhood. My paintings are compositions of imaginary landscapes, where past and present intermingle and give rise to a personal universe, to a particular nature.

My landscapes are made of a web of shapes that intertwine, transform themselves, touch and pile themselves, generating rhythms in space, mixing with each other. Like the bond of my own worlds, in permanent interaction.

Comments: Cecilia Cambas / Photography: Cecilia Cambas / Reproduction: Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Praxis, Buenos Aires, Argentina.