A fantastic trip to Argentina with my daughter Leilah for New Year's, visiting Buenos Aires and seeing a lot of arts /  by Pablo Contrisciani

For New Year's, I was traveling to visit family in Argentina with my 11-year-old daughter Leilah. We had a great time there. We also went to Buenos Aires for a few days, where we visited one of her favorite places: The Japanese Garden. We could visit too: San Telmo, Plaza Dorrego, Puerto Madero, Avenida 9 de Julio, el Obelisco, Paseo de Retiro, Calle Florida, Plaza de Mayo, etc. 

We could also see some Visual Arts in Centro Cultural Recoleta, some art galleries, and private collections, like this amazing sculpture: Mama Luchona, 2021 by Gabriel Chaile, (picture) symbol of Life and fertility based on the old aboriginal cultures from the northeast of Argentina. There were in the same building some outstanding art pieces and installations by the group Mondongo: The Baptistery of Colors, two of the Untitled Skulffs series, and the Dollar Bill made by nails.

It was a very cool trip. I strongly recommend Buenos Aires.
 
Thanks. 
Pablo

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Join me tomorrow from 6-9 pm at Laundromat Art Space for Erin Parish’s Opening Reception: "Submerged Realities: People Ain’t No Good." It is also Resident Artist Open Studio. /  by Pablo Contrisciani

Join me tomorrow, Saturday, January 11th from 6-9 pm at Laundromat Art Space:.185 Ne 59 st Miami FL 33137, to the Opening Reception of Erins' exhibition:” Submerged Realities”. It is also Resident Artist Open Studio Night. I will be in my Art Studio showing my latest artwork!

Erins' exhibition is an immersive installation that confronts the environmental and emotional consequences of ocean dumping and humanity’ neglect of marine ecosystems. Originating as a buy-nothing project, the exhibition explores parallels between the chaos within our minds and the disorder we inflict upon the natural world.

Erin Parish created the installation as a multisensory experience that immerses visitors in a marine-like environment filled with Assisted Readymades, a la Duchamp. Visitors navigate the gallery amidst strategically placed obstacles, evoking feelings of discomfort, vulnerability, and reflection. During the reception, formal lighting Will be absent, compelling guests to use cellphone flashlights to illuminate sculptures, evocative of the murky depths of the sea. The deliberate aesthetic reflects the psychological turmoil often experienced in a world marked by environmental degradation.

Each piece in Submerged Realities carries a personal narrative. Returning to storytelling in her art, Parish draws on her life experiences and objects, a departure from her upbringing that discouraged personal exposure in creative work.

Inspired by the stories of fellow transplanted Miami artists, Parish allows herself to be seen in ways previously unexplored. The exhibition’s sculptures are crafted from personal artifacts: syringes, medicine bottles, a particular childhood lamp, an 1880s wooden wheelchair, a faux hearth, a set of dining chairs, shopping cart, flatscreen TV, deer antlers, her grandfather’s Art Deco clock, her boxing hand wraps, her grandmother’s hats, and family photos

Thanks. I hope you can make it!

Pablo Contrisciani