In yesterday’s broadcast of “Who is the mask”the new Telefe program in which celebrities must sing hidden behind a costume, the host Natalia Oreiro and his researchers got a big surprise: behind a hippocampus mask was nothing less than the plastic artist Marta Minujin, who was applauded by the public and, minutes later, was already a trend on twitter. “I love you, you’re back!” Oreiro told him when the mystery was revealed.
“I decided to participate because I had fun (…) Besides, I work alone for 5 hours doing the works and I don’t talk to anyone”, Marta Minujín told Oreiro while they congratulated her. At the end of the program, Oreiro and his researchers -Wanda Nara, Roberto Moldavsky, Karina La Princesita and Lizy Tagliani- joined Minujín on stage to sing “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones, the song that the artist behind the mask had to sing.
Watch the video of the surprise:
Marta Minujín is one of the Argentine plastic artists with the greatest international projection. She was a key figure in the culture of the 1960s, particularly in the art movement of the Di Tella Institute, where he executed his iconic works and performances. One of the most remembered is “The Menesunda (1965)”, defined by the artist as an “ultrasensory labyrinth”. Those who entered it could find various environments full of neon lights, televisions broadcasting news and even a couple in bed. In 1983, on the occasion of the return of democracy, she performed “The Parthenon of Books” in 9 de Julio, made of the books that during the six years of El Proceso had been censored. On November 9 of last year she received the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from the Torcuato Di Tella University.
Her eccentric and colorful style made her the standard-bearer of Argentine pop art. “Nothing is static, life is a constant change”, or “Art to free you” are some of her header phrases. Until October 29, in New York, the exhibition “A Survey” can be seen, at Henrique Faria Fine Art on the Upper East Side, where a panorama of the 60 years of the artist’s production is exhibited.
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