I just got back from Malba, (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires). The taxi driver, who would have been a Nascar prodigy, darted in and out of the 14 lane avenida traffic, laying on the horn and tailing within inches anyone who was in his way. When he stopped, as I handed the cash to him, he crossed himself, whether to thank God we didn't crash, to pray my money wasn't counterfeit, or for his soccer team to win, I'm not sure, but I was happy to hit the sidewalk!
Malba was very contemporary, in architecture, and the works it held. Aside from seeing a Frida Kahlo self portrait (think unibrow and surrealist parrot), and Diego Rivera, there was a temporary exhibit of the late Argentine artist Oscar Bony who had been in exile in Milan for years. He did a series of works called "de memoria", mixed media of photographs, superimposed glass, and bullet holes.
A lot of socio-political commentary on Argentina's and the artists past, exploring violence, suicide and death in a fascinating series of self portraits .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T45AJbSaKOA
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i love frida kahlo. of course, bing young & impressionable & living in mexico i guess it makes sense.
i always admire artists that make art directly from their life.
the personal is the political.
chris & i once took david (your son) to an exhibit of her work at the Van. art gallery. i think i told them i was going to grow a mustache.
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