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Argentina Art: ‘Nower’ then Now
Lucas BB, 2013/12/02
Welcome to the future. The fact that you’re interested in Argentina as a country and art in Buenos Aires as a topic – means one thing – you are a purveyor of the future – and are interested in finding a lifestyle that is more ‘now’ then now.
Argentina is quietly leading the world on a new course– but this is happening completely by circumstance. There is no master plan– but rather thanks to many failed plans the citizens have come to understand that the only hope or true belief in a ‘healthy future’ can be found in small networks of friends and associates.
We originally wanted to do an Argentina Art issue–because two of our best friends, both featured in this issue, live there – and both are amazing artists. They draw and document the daily: their house, the plants in their neighborhood, and even the cheeses they eat. They seek the ‘normal’ – and work hard to maintain a clear prospective on reality. They and the other Argentinian artists we interviewed for our feature story are far removed from the trendy art scenes of New York, Tokyo and London. In these so called art cities art has become more a game of reading the rich, enticing the media, and being a blend of stereotypical and original. But, in Argentina, thanks to a lack of buyers, scarcity of jobs, and the diminishing state of art education the artist has reclaimed the true meaning of what it is to be an artist in the first place: To realize beauty and to be creative.
Argentinian artists have created ‘workshops’–small spaces & galleries in which the young and old of similar mindsets gather to talk about their art, to create art and to produce zines and art shows. The Argentinian artist has realized that to support each other, refine their artistic skill, and to stay creative is by far the hardest path to take–but judging from their fresh and inspirational work as well as the smiles on their faces and passion for their fellow artists – it appears Argentinian artist are in their own quiet and humble way leading a straight-path to a future that’s more ‘now’ then now.
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