The year of Mondongo: three exhibitions and a sales record

The year of Mondongo: three exhibitions and a sales record

Patricia Rizzocurator of the exhibition Mondongo Group which is exhibited in the bright space of the Macro Towerpoints out that “the classic topic of the portrait has been recurring in the history of art, whether realistically and/or metaphorically”.

This group, which began in 1999, was made up of Agustina Picassocurrently living in the US, and by marriage Juliana Lafitte (1974) and Manuel Mendanha (1976).

The exhibition is mostly made up of early works, made with cotton thread on wood: “Portrait of Sergio de Loof”, “Intimate portraits”also in cotton thread on wood; of the writer Rodolfo Fogwill5265 metal studs on black leather; “Portrait of Federico Klemm“, an interpretation of “Portrait of an old woman (1506-1510), work of Giorgione with rhinestone crystals, notable portraits of Stackry Fogwill in wax on wood, 6589 matches on acrylic; “Portrait of Ruth Benzacar”, “Anna and María”grandmothers of Manuelamong other very elaborate works, related to some characteristics of those portrayed.

These artists rose to international fame when they portrayed the Spanish royal family, for which they used colored mirrors. Its hallmark is the use of unconventional materials, smoked cold cuts, meat, currently discarded due to the toxicity of preservatives; cookies, toothpicks, matches, even plasticine that works like oil.

Portraits identify the person portrayed, for example, Maradona with little gold chains; to the Che Guevara with bullets, Eva Peron with breads, and in some cases, like those mentioned, the relationship is obvious.

Tripe creates scenes like the ones they did in 2013, exhibited at the Moderno, a series of 15 panels titled “Argentina”forests in plasticine and which has just been bought by the director of Arthaus, Andres Buharat a record price of US$1,287.00 million, which will be exhibited in a public space in Puerto Madero starting in 2027, currently on display in Malba Puerto.

This 2024 is the year of Tripesince they have three consecutive exhibitions: “Manifestation” at the Malba, 90 years after the presentation of the famous work of Antonio Berniwhich has some points in common such as poverty and grievance and which was purchased by Eduardo Costantini. This presentation at the Malba sparked controversy over how an emergency villa was installed inside a private museum a few blocks from a real one, with the image of the painting by De la Cárcova “Without bread and without work” in that recreation, in our opinion, not very happy.

Unlike the work of Berni who used images from newspapers of the time, Mendanha and Lafitte They portrayed friends, cultural references, family members.

In a famous exhibition titled “White rabbits”which we saw in the Barro de La Boca gallery, was exhibited “Baptistery of colors”a 6 m dodecahedron. in diameter and 4 m. tall inspired by that of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence that they visited in 2020.

Made with 3,276 colored bricks, it is currently on display at Arthaus, an immersive installation that creates an infinite chromatic mirage. Skulls are also exhibited, a kind of Vanitas that reflect the fragility of existence; Merca, a dollar bill from the series of the same name designed with 60,000 nails also belonging to buhar.

This exhibition of portraits is important to later follow the national and international trajectory, the fame achieved that has reached Abu Dhabi, the ideas behind Tripe whose works not only stand out for their manual skill but also address conflictive topics: the economy, inequalities, the passage of time, death.

(Av. Eduardo Madero from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closing on December 13, free entry.)

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