Manuel ameztoy installations meaning

Curator: Ximena Caminos

Paraísos desplegables (Pop-Up Paradises) is a 640sq.m. site-specific installation by Manuel Ameztoy commissioned by the Faena Art.

Designed specifically for Faena Art Center cathedral exhibition hall, the work consisted of hand-cut openwork textiles on a monumental scale.

Manuel ameztoy installations meaning

An artist known for his work with ephemera, Ameztoy conjured a fairytale landscape that was as delicate as it was detailed. The exhibition included a video of the same installation in the marshes of the Entre Ríos province, which was its original source of inspiration.

According to art critic Ana María Abattistozzi, “Paper has become central once again, not only as support, but as the material of an image that is constructed with scissors.”

First I get ready.

I put on work clothes: boots and thick socks, cap with visor and leather gloves. As Ester, who hands me the machete she taught me how to use, says, I cover “every last bit of skin.” She i