Imaginary Convergences

On the basis of contemporary art projects, it is worth discussing certain interferences within the narrative framework provided by a national history museum. The proposal by Hugo Aveta consists in an intervention presenting a counterpoint between matter as ruin and the image as the witness to an action. He builds a clay man whom he later crushes to pieces. The marks on the body of that man allude to the political, natural and social hardships he was subject to. The video of the action is shown as a counterpoint to the remains of the figure, the witnesses to the misfortune of the man. Yet, a door is left open to the possibility of reconstructing those ruins to create a new man within a new project.  In turn, Ivan Grilo makes an assertion on a bronze plaque lying on the white flag that imitates the one used to identify black people: the flag has not been raised yet, but it points the ways forward. From different perspectives both works propose a rereading of history with emphasis on the anonymous individuals, those silent protagonists that can shape a new future.

 

 


Km: 4

Venue: MHN - Museo Histórico Nacional

Address: Defensa 1600

City: Buenos Aires

Argentina

Artist(s):

Ivan Grilo (BRA)

Hugo Aveta (ARG)

Curatorship:

BIENALSUR, Diana B. Wechsler (ARG)

Type(s):

Exhibition

From 2017/09/09

To 2017/12/04