Alejandro Marmo

Last updated

Alejandro Marmo is an Argentine artist born in the district of Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. He is the author of "Art in the Factory", with art that led to productive work spaces.

Contents

He is the author of the idea of installing two figures of Evita in the north and south facades of former Public Works building actual building of the Ministry of Health and Social Development at the intersection of 9 de Julio Avenue and Belgrano Avenue. Two figures of steel, 31x24 meters, totaling 14 tons. The south face was inaugurated by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, commemorating the 59th anniversary of the death of Eva Perón.

Biographical

He was born on February 19, 1971, in a family of immigrants made up her Italian father and Greek mother, a descendant of Armenians. In his early years in the smithy of his father was growing taste for art and continuously develop a self-taught from age 20.

Concept

Alejandro Marmo installed the concept of integration through art as a metaphor of cultural and industrial development. For this, it works with workers and excluded sectors of society.

In the mid-90 created the "Art in the Factory" with the intention of rescuing the industrial backwardness abandoned factories of Buenos Aires. With these materials and with the collaboration of workers dismissed from the production system led to the creation and placement of artworks in public spaces.

Evita's murals are the ultimate expression of this project, realized with the industry as emblematic of what is weathering steel and constructed with the participation of workers. Throughout his career, he worked with residents of Villa 31 and the Ejército de los Andes Fuerte Apache area, with low-income children in the Chaco Province and the Tigre district, among other places.

Internationally, consider art as a universal language capable of building bridges between different cultures, ran scenarios in Latin America, Europe and Asia. Workers worked with the Dominican Republic with illegal Romanian immigrants in Italy and Tokyo centenarians.

He is currently undertaking an integration project in the shantytowns of the Cañada Real de Madrid (Spain). There he worked with Rome (Italy) in the construction of a piece to be located in that community. He also worked on building a theme park in Vienna (Austria) insects

The works resulting from these experiences are deployed in public spaces, precisely because the artist is where they take full extent, while the creators and reinforce the sense of belonging to the artistic work.

This understanding and develop the art aims to evaluate the imaginary world of the common man. This means that those involved in the project believe in themselves to see that what is projected from the imagination can be realized.

The transformation of what beauty is negligible in another concept that governs the work of Alejandro Marmo. The artist has a successful production of sculptures and paintings from waste, industrial backwardness or scrap.

Such is the case of the "Bee of Río Tercero" built in 2001 by Marmo with debris from the explosion of military factory in 1995 in collaboration with students in the career of Fine Arts.

Art in the Factory

The project "Art in the Factory" aims to articulate the most diverse workspaces, through art. To do so, produce works for public spaces in factories, self-managed and private sources with the participation of workers, professional workers and people with integration difficulties. The project set out to express the language of the excluded during the crisis of industrial recession and leave in the public testimony of that event.

Some of the most relevant artist in the framework of this project are:

– "Evita in the 9 July." Two steel wall cut applied on the facades of the Ministry of Social Development. 9 de Julio Avenue between Moreno and Independence.

– "Siren of the Rio de la Plata", located on the corner of 9 de Julio Avenue and Posadas, in the neighborhood of Recoleta.

– "The Metallurgical Workers", located on the corner of 9 de Julio Avenue and Posadas, in the neighborhood of Recoleta.

– "Galaxy Industrial", located in the district of San Martin, Buenos Aires Province.

– "Monument to Labour", located in the Civic Center Square neighborhood Ejército de los Andes, Fuerte Apache.

– "Ray King", located in the Dominican Republic.

– "Landing on the Supply", installed at the entrance of Ciudad Cultural Konex, in the neighborhood of Abasto, Buenos Aires City.

– "Sun Child," based in the city of Miramar (Buenos Aires).

-Sculpture Park in Rome, in the parks of Circolo Degli Artisti.

-Wall of Hugs Healers in the JICA headquarters. Tokyo. Japan

-Theme Park WUK insects. Vienna. Austria

– "Bee of Río Tercero", located in Rio Tercero. Córdoba Province, Argentina

– "Christ Workers Workers", located in the parish of Cristo Obrero and San Blas neighborhood of Villa Soldati. Buenos Aires City

Sources

Alejandro Marmo. Official Site.

Presidential Decree 329/10 bicentennial of the May Revolution

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eva Perón</span> Argentine actress and politician (1919–1952)

María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita, was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974). She was born in poverty in the rural village of Los Toldos, in the Pampas, as the youngest of five children. In 1934, at the age of 15, she moved to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a stage, radio, and film actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">La Recoleta Cemetery</span> Cemetery located in Buenos Aires, Argentina

La Recoleta Cemetery is a cemetery located in the Recoleta neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It contains the graves of notable people, including Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and military commanders like Julio Argentino Roca. In 2011, the BBC hailed it as one of the world's best cemeteries, and in 2013, CNN listed it among the 10 most beautiful cemeteries in the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Florida Street</span> Street in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Florida Street is a popular shopping street in Downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina. A pedestrian street since 1971, some stretches have been pedestrianized since 1913.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Julio Argentino Roca</span> 4th and 9th President of Argentina

Alejo Julio Argentino Roca Paz was an army general and statesman who served as President of Argentina from 1880 to 1886 and from 1898 to 1904. Roca is the most important representative of the Generation of '80 and is known for directing the Conquest of the Desert, a series of military campaigns against the indigenous peoples of Patagonia sometimes considered a genocide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Recoleta, Buenos Aires</span> Section of the capital city

Recoleta is a barrio or neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, located in the northern part of the city, by the Río de la Plata. The area is perhaps best known to be the home of the distinguished Recoleta Cemetery. It is a traditional upper-class and conservative neighborhood with some of the priciest real estate in the city, known for Paris-style townhouses, lavish former palaces and posh boutiques.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Retiro, Buenos Aires</span> Neighborhood of Buenos Aires in C1, Argentina

Retiro is a barrio or neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the northeast end of the city, Retiro is bordered on the south by the Puerto Madero and San Nicolás, and on the west by the Recoleta.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Munro, Buenos Aires</span> District in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Munro is a city of the Vicente López Partido in northern Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina, best known for its jeans and apparel stores and outlets. It is located some 20 km from the downtown of the city.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tourism in Buenos Aires</span>

According to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) the travel and tourism sector of Argentina was moving towards recovering its pre-covid pandemic contribution to GDP in mid-2023, led by Buenos Aires.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avenida del Libertador (Buenos Aires)</span> Street in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Avenida del Libertador is one of the principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and in points north, extending 25 km (16 mi) from the Retiro District of Buenos Aires to the northern suburb of San Fernando.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avenida Santa Fe</span> Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Avenida Santa Fe is one of the principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The artery is essential to the imaginary axis of Barrio Norte in Buenos Aires, comprising the areas influenced by the route of the avenue through Retiro, Recoleta and Palermo neighborhoods, it is considered one of the main shopping and strolling areas of the city, its many boutiques range from elegant to edgy, which has led it to be dubbed the 'Avenue of Fashion'. Upscale Alto Palermo, at Avenida Coronel Díaz, is one of the city's best-known vertical malls. Avenida Santa Fe is also an attraction for its architecture, strongly reminiscent of Paris. Its name pays homage to the eponymous province in Argentina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avenida Figueroa Alcorta</span> Street in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Avenida Figueroa Alcorta is a major thoroughfare in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a length of over 7 km (4.3 mi) along the city's northside.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avenida Córdoba</span> Street in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Córdoba Avenue is one of the principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buenos Aires Central Business District</span> Unofficial Barrio in Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Buenos Aires Central Business District is the main commercial centre of Buenos Aires, Argentina, though not an official city ward. While the barrios of Puerto Madero and Retiro house important business complexes and modern high-rise architecture, the area traditionally known as Microcentro is located within San Nicolás and Monserrat, roughly coinciding with the area around the historic center of the Plaza de Mayo. The Microcentro has a wide concentration of offices, service companies and banks, and a large circulation of pedestrians on working days. Another name given to this unofficial barrio is La City, which refers more precisely to an even smaller sector within the Microcentro, where almost all the banking headquarters of the country are concentrated.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avenida Leandro N. Alem</span> Street in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Avenida Leandro N. Alem is one of the principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a commercial nerve center of the city's San Nicolás and Retiro districts. It joins Avenida del Libertador and Avenida Paseo Colón, its northern and southern continuation respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Radio in Argentina</span>

Radio in Argentina is an important facet of the nation's media and culture. Radio, which was first broadcast in Argentina in 1920, has been widely enjoyed in Argentina since the 1930s. Radio broadcast stations totaled around 150 active AM stations, 1,150 FM stations, and 6 registered shortwave transmitters. An estimated 24 million receivers were in use in 2000.

<i>Evita, the life and work of Eva Perón</i>

Evita, the life and work of Eva Perón is an Argentine historical comic book by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Alberto Breccia, which centers on the life of Eva Perón. It was censored at the time of its creation and was published only after Oesterheld's death.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ministry of Public Works Building, Buenos Aires</span>

The Ministry of Public Works Building, now known as the Ministry of Health Building is a public building in the rationalist style located on the intersection of 9 de Julio Avenue and Belgrano Avenue, in the neighborhood of Monserrat, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is currently used by the Ministry of Health of Argentina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Buenos Aires City Legislature Palace</span> Legislative palace in Perú , Buenos Aires

The Buenos Aires Legislature Palace houses the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is an architectural landmark in the city's Montserrat district, situated in a triangular block bounded by the streets Hipólito Yrigoyen Street, Presidente Julio A. Roca Avenue and Perú Street. Built of grey granite, it has a Neoclassical design. The building is open to the public on week-days only. The building contains the Esteban Echeverría Library, Salón Rosado, and a carillon which, when it was installed in 1930, was the largest in South America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Avenida Presidente Julio Argentino Roca</span> Avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Avenida Presidente Julio Argentino Roca, better known as Diagonal Sur, is an important avenue in the Monserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is oriented north-east/south-west, diagonally bisecting the city blocks (manzanas) which give the city centre a checkerboard plan. It is named after President Julio Argentino Roca, who held power from 1880 to 1886, and from 1896 to 1904.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Juanita Larrauri</span> Argentine singer and politician

Juana Larrauri de Abramí, also known as Juanita Larrauri was a tango singer and was among a group of the first women elected to the Argentine Senate. She was elected twice as a senator and in both cases lost her seat as a result of right-wing military coups; she was elected in 1951 and lost her seat in 1955, then was elected again in 1973 and lost her seat again in 1976.

References

Evita looms larger than life with tribute. The China Post. 2011/07/28. Retrieved 2012/04/18.

Giant Evita Peron statue unveiled in Buenos Aires. The Telegraph. 2011/07/27. Retrieved 2012/04/18.

President unveils Evita mural at Social Development Ministry..Buenos Aires Herald. 2011/07/27. Retrieved 2012/04/17.

New Evita Peron statue in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires 54. 2011/08/11. Retrieved 2012/04/18.

Abrazos Sanadores -Healing Hug-. Joint Exhibition of Works of Argentine Artist Mr.Alejandro Marmo and Japanese Children and Senior citizens. [ permanent dead link ]. JICA. October 2010. Retrieved 2012/04/18.

Quartier21 Artists in residence. MuseumsQuartier. May 2010. Retrieved 2012/04/18.

Alejandro Marmo "Mirada". Tokyo Art Beat. 2008/05/12. Retrieved 2012/04/18.

Henao, Luis Andres. Gran imagen de Evita dominará vista de Buenos Aires. Reuters. 2011/07/26. Retrieved 2012/04/17.

Calvo, Pablo. Evita ya asoma en la 9 de Julio con un mensaje escondido. Clarín. 2011/07/24. Retrieved 2012/04/17.

Un gigante en medio de la ciudad.. Ministry of Social Development of Argentina. July 2011. Retrieved 2012/04/15.

"El Estado no puede ser un adorno," dijo Cristina Secretariat of Public Communication of the Nation Argentina.. August 2010. Retrieved 2012/04/08.

Solezzi, Cecilia. Está en marcha el premio Comunidad Inclusiva Archived August 31, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . La Nación. July 2007. Retrieved 2012/04/02.

Prieto, Ana. Con obras, un escultor busca unir Fuerte Apache y Recoleta. Clarín. June 2005. Retrieved 2012/04/02.

Gutman, Daniel. Transforman la tragedia de Río Tercero en una obra de arte. Clarín. February 2004. Retrieved 2012/04/02