"Danza del Universo", by Víctor Montoya, is a group of 12 works made from 2003 to the present. The exhibition has a decidedly Americanist imprint, inspired by and linked to America's pre-Columbian past. The works explore the ancestral enigmas of this continent, and recreate an aesthetic that seeks to prolong the ancient transcendence and spirit of the civilizations that inhabited it. "Dance of the Universe" symbolizes the constant movement of cosmic matter, similar to the dance of Shiva and the dance of the samilant of the Andes Mountains, which dances to the rhythm of its heartbeat and also of thunder, lightning, the sun, the moon, and the stars, and of every particle of the universe of which it is a part. Montoya's work seeks to capture a fraction of the perpetual movement of reality, comparing it to writing, music or dance.
Victor Montoya
Victor Montoya lives and works in Jujuy, Argentina, near the Andes Mountains, where nature and culture feed his inspiration. He has been teaching for several years and currently works professionally in his studio; he participates in group and solo exhibitions in his country and abroad. His works are exhibited at the Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación, Museo Rosa Galisteo de Rodríguez, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Latinoamericano MACLA, and in public and private collections around the country and the world. He participated in more than a hundred exhibitions in his country, in Bolivia, Dominican Republic, in the US, France, Colombia and China among others.
“Desatar un suspiro” represents the rural environment where the artist lives, the places and objects that surround her expressed through embroidery on inherited textiles. The artistic process tells how the daily work, motherhood and housework go through the reality of rural women and the invisibility of their work. With this project Bargero wants to show some experiences that place rural women far from equality, and social and economic recognition.
María Eugenia Bargero
Textile artist born in Emilio V. Bunge, Argentina, oriented to the production of works that use old supports such as household fabrics and textiles, collage and embroidery as a form of expression. Her work gives another meaning to old textiles in disuse and uses nature and her rural environment as inspiration. In Argentina she exhibited at the Centro Argentino de Arte Textil; at the Museo Raggio and at the Museo Arte Popular José Hernández. He has also exhibited in Brazil, the United States, Spain, among others. She received the Second Prize at the IV Women's Salon: Gender and Rights, Argentine Center of Textile Art, Argentina and Jury Mention: Carmen Netto at the International Quilt and Patchwork Festival, Gramado, Brazil.
When
From June 7 to September 6, 2024.
Where:
Embassy of Argentina
1600 New Hampshire Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20009
