Poncho

Artist name

Artist year born

1966

Artwork make date

2000

Artwork material

textile

Artwork dimensions

height: 185cm
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