Poncho
Artist name
Artist year born
1966
Artwork make date
2000
Artwork material
textile
Artwork dimensions
height: 185cm
width: 140cm
width: 140cm
Artwork type (categories)
Object
Accession method
Donated by Esteban Álvarez 2000
Accession number
12-2000
Label text
This work is a reflection on art history. The artist reflects ironically from a Euro-centrist perspective on primitive or artisanal objects (strong cultural symbols of belonging), like the salteño Poncho, which here has been given three slits. The alteration of a poncho that is usually produced on a loom alludes to the slits produced by the Italian-Argentinian artist Lucio Fontana, whose nationality as an icon of the history of modern art is disputed by both countries. Álvarez plays with the pre-conceived idea that peripheral artists in centres of contemporary artistic production exhibit and delight in their affiliation with primitivism and their aptitude for craft.
Marcela López-Sastre
Marcela López-Sastre