During the second half of the 1960s, the works which Noemi Escandell created in Rosario communicated with the formal preoccupations concerning minimalist artists living in New York. In 1965, the Jewish Museum in New York City exhibited a series of drawing of her Primary structures, and a year later, Curvaceous came into being as a graphite sketch on paper. This work, which expresses the artist’s personal exploration of minimalism, was exhibited at the show entitled Primary structures II held at the Argentine Hebraic Society in 1967 as part of the Advanced Art Week organized by the Di Tella Institute, also attended by international art critics.
In 2013, these sketches were included in the book Noemí Escandell published by the Museo Castagnino+macro as part of an anthological exhibition. A year later, Curvaceous was built from stainless steel for the 10th Rosario Art Week, and exhibited on the esplanade outside the Roberto Fontanarrosa Cultural Center. On this opportunity, in new surroundings, the work will be placed at the entrance to the Center for Contemporary Expression.
Artist: Noemí Escandell (ARG)