BLAST THE ROOM
Last night San Telmo gallery Masotta Torres opened a rather stunning exhibition by street-art influenced painters Roma, Bater & Tekazi. The name of the show is no exaggeration: This might well be the most successfully conceptualized and presented shows I’ve seen in Buenos Aires that arises from a graffiti aesthetic. It brashly bridges the ephemeral energy and geographic awareness of the street and the static, contemplative space of the canvas and the gallery.
Tekaz’s series of Mapas directly comments on this relationship. Roma’s painterly depiction of other-worldly architecture moved farthest away from his street work and, so old-school it was new, the impressive site-specific, paint-on-wood and paint-on-walls collaborative work by all three artists sweeps around two walls. The hard work paid off that we witnessed during last week’s San Telmo Art Walk as the show was going up.
Big rooms for this stuff makes more common sense but the small upstairs space in Masotta Torres gives the art the chance to overwhelm. And it does.
We’ll be posting the video we shot early next week. You can see all of our videos without leaving this page by clicking on the YouTube button in the toolbar at the bottom of this page. More photos available for download in our Mediafire account or viewable by clicking the Photos button in the toolbar.
BLAST THE ROOM
Through October 1Masotta Torres
México 459, San Telmo, Buenos AiresHours
Tuesday thru Friday
2pm to 8pm
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