The visual works of Charlie Garcia they arrive at ArteBA. Lto the participation of the musician “Demolishing Hotels” will be exhibited by stern art gallery and the foundation Make Art No War. under the curatorship of Rudolph Johannesit is the first time that the artistic works of the rocker are exposed to the public’s eyes, in the section Utopia of the sample.
Beyond his musical imprint on national rock, in the five decades of his career, Charlie Garcia He was also interested in drawing, collage and painting. Some of his plastic works could be known through his book “Parallel lines”published in 2013. In various communiqués, by the organizers, the prolific work of García is described, which were used as the cover of his latest albums. Say No More (1996) and Random (2017), are some of the albums in which the former Sui Generis poured his visual artistic talent.
“García represents an artistic movement that had almost no impact in our country, art brut. The wild images that threaten the contours and clear meanings that Charly paints recall images of schizophrenic subjects, which for a few decades have been considered works of art like any other”, he defines Dani World in the statement of ArtBA and adds:” “Although he does not cause the same revolution in painting that he tried to unleash in music, it is possible to think that his pictorial work accompanies this destituent search for musical tradition. They realize the same self. Hopefully there will be an exhibition of that pictorial work that, for now, we know in a fragmented and subordinate way”.
The new edition of ArtBA will take place from October 7 to 9, at the Salguero Coast Center of the City of Buenos Aires and more than 400 artists represented by 71 galleries and projects will participate. The meeting proposes to show the best of contemporary Argentine art and will be developed around three main axes, in which the musician will also exhibit.
On the one hand, the galleries and artistic projects with trajectories will be found in the Main Sectionwhile the space stage It will be focused on younger artists with less experience in the exhibitions. the third section Utopiain which the singer of “They do not let me out”, It caters to the latest productions, artist-run spaces, and experimental marketing platforms.
Carlos Alberto Garcia Moreno will turn 71 on October 21, maintaining the validity of being one of the top national and Latin American rock stars. Recognized for having perfect pitch, at the age of 5 he played the piano interpreting the compositions of the masters of classical music. His legacy is found in his first bands with Sui Generis; The Bird Making Machine; Seru Giran and his solo stage, which began in the 80s and lasted a long time, with emblematic albums such as modern clicks (1983), piano-bar (1984) and the daughter of tears (1994).
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