An exhibition of contemporary art by Yaguá Rincón will be presented at Casa Pinta (Casa Castelví, Manzana de la Rivera), in conjunction with the Institute of Culture of Corrientes (Argentina), among others.
Also, on Tuesday, August 8 at 12:30 p.m., the book "Yaguá Rincón" will be presented at the Ruy Díaz de Guzmán Auditorium (Manzana de la Rivera).
Exhibitors: María Paula Zacharías - Gustavo Piñero - Richar De Itatí. With the special participation of Gabriel Romero, president of the Institute of Culture of Corrientes.
Moderated by Irene Gelfman.
Luis Niveiro. Presents the project Ñande Mac (Museum of Contemporary Art of Corrientes), with the presence of Gabriel Romero, president of the Institute of Culture of Corrientes.
Yaguá Rincón
Yaguá Rincón was founded in 2007, when a young artist from the interior of the province, Richar De Itatí, invited a group of artists from different towns to meet in the room he rented to live and work on the top floor of an old, small hotel turned into a pension in front of the Corrientes port. Alberto Ybarra, Jorge Efrén Silva, Mati Obregón, Fabián Roldán, Lucas Vera, Pali González, Walter Fernández, José Olivera, Aquiles Coppini, Zunilda Silva, Celeste Jacobo and many others, encourage each other, exchange ideas about their works, create others together, organize exhibitions, travel, sell and consecrate themselves.
There is always room for the newcomer and a steaming stove: the door of the first artists' residence in this city is open.
This space enabled experimentation in art from languages that until then had had no space in local art. From there, artists emerged who left their mark. Art opened up to subjects and techniques that had been neglected. They embraced academic and popular artists, without distinction. For the first time, artists from Chaco and Corrientes came together. They fought for just causes. They won. Yaguá Rincón was the first contemporary art collective in the province. In these latitudes, they changed the history of art.
This book, then, is the first on contemporary art from Corrientes. The story is told with period photos and reproductions of works sent by mail, archeology on Facebook, blogs, paper photos and magazines, along with the poetic record of Richar De Itatí (his work is then cultural management, as much as photography and video), the portraits of Martín Gómez and the postcards of Australian Sean Mulry. The texts include personal memories of the artists (De Itatí, Ybarra, Mazzanti), lyrical memories (Hugo Justiniano, Lupicia Escobar, Carlos Vivas, Roldán, Canteros, Silva), authorial essays such as those by Cleopatra Barrios and M. S. Dansey, and articles by referents such as Gabriel Romero, Fernanda Toccalino, Julio Sánchez and Carlos Lezcano.
There is no academic pretension. This is an attempt to collect the art and oral memory of a recent past with memories of close friends and protagonists, when the experiences are still fresh, although with the distance of a little more than a decade. Like a recent gospel, with all the legendary, fabulous and profoundly true that its writing entails. The intention is to highlight the value of this epic, to inspire new generations to make their own way. What is still necessary is what the artists of Yaguá had: decision, self-management, brotherhood, talent, the intelligence to rethink all the rules of the game, imagination, a lot of generosity and more joy.
María Paula Zacharías