Apart from refurbishing operations in most of the airports in the country, Corporación América and AA2000 have been also working inside the airport terminals. There, they have laid the emphasis on their artistic and visual aspects. They have opened several spaces specially devised to exhibit and disclose the works of artists from all over the country.
This is Espacio Arte, a venture undertaken by Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 and Corporación América (managed by Eduardo Eurnekian). The idea was to disclose and promote the work of local artists and establish a link with every corner of the country, as airports serve as a shop-window where any national artist can show his or her work if this is what he or she actually wishes. It is important to highlight that this venture is indeed created as a place where international, national, and local artists can exhibit their work, and where all the people who pass by the terminal may have a chance to admire them.
To begin, we can mention the province of Chaco. On Saturday, March 7, a joint exhibition was opened. It combines the work of the sculptor from Chaco, Mimo Eidman, and that of the artist from Córdoba, Julio Gambero. The exhibition was opened at EspacioArte Resistencia, in the Arrivals Hall of Resistencia International Airport in Chaco. The exhibit can be visited until May 5.
Mimo Eidman chose to present several stunning sculptures and a series of small pieces that blend the strength of wood, on the one hand, and the immortality of bronze, on the other. His work builds on in effects, overlaps, trends, and morphological displays. In addition, it embodies primitivism and archaism to represent these earth-related and ethnical structures.
On his part, Julio Gambero shows in his paintings a deep view of the inner spaces and the common things that surround and accompany his everyday life. He points out that his work “is based on our being immerse in everyday life, where we all sink ourselves and forget what is just next to us, what gives us our identity, and what nurtures our nature.”
On the other hand, on March 17, the exhibition of César López Osornio was opened in EspacioArte at Jorge Newbery City Airport (also known as Aeroparque) in the City of Buenos Aires. Needless is to say the terminal is visited by numerous passengers from all the corners of the country.
Here, the artist shows his “Floating Suns” series, which try to achieve harmony with luminous spheres where color is used with shades and transparencies that cover and enlighten the surface. He also shows Windows, spheres, and gold from the series known as “On the other Geometry,” where he masterfully blends a geometric cosmos.
López Osornio is 78 years old. He was born in the City of La Plata, and his résumé is quite interesting. After graduating from the University of La Plata, he got a grant to continue with his studies for 3 years in Japan. When he came back to the country, he worked at the University of his Home City. However, he was forced to leave everything behind in the seventies and run into exile. Then he worked as a teacher in Venezuela until 1980. Later, he went to Spain. There, he worked at the University of Zaragoza until 1999, when he finally came back to the country. From an artistic viewpoint, it can be highlighted that while the cubist and geometric movements were the predecessors of rationalist architecture in most European countries, the trend was completely the opposite here. And López Osornio was one of the pioneers. He was part of an artistic movement that advocated for a “sensitive geometry” based on the serialization of elemental shapes fitted with a totalizing spirit and an authentic chromatic richness, the use of faltering planes defined by large spots of colors, and the creation of free structures.
