Tuesday, January 11, 2005

S. American Art Collection

Lately I've noticed that the news site ananova.com seems to have a
fascination with unusual examples of South American art, especially
from Chile.  Here's a sample...

1. "Artist uses GI Joe to recreate masters"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_899333.html>
"A Chilean artist has opened an exhibition in which he recreates famous
 paintings with plastic toys"

2. "Artist turns animals into everyday objects"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_852727.html>
"A Chilean artist is making a name for herself with an exhibition in
 which stuffed animals are transformed into household objects"

3. "Artist wraps three floors with elastic ribbon"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1210168.html>
"A Chilean artist has wrapped three floors of a building with elastic
 ribbon"

4. "Exhibition of discarded shoes opens in Chile"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1119645.html>
"A new art exhibition of shoes recovered from Chilean beaches, has
 opened in the capital Santiago"

5. "New exhibition scoured from bins"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1203118.html>
"An Argentine artist is opening an exhibition of photographs he's
 collected from the dustbins of Buenos Aires"

6. "Artist's ripping new show"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1112428.html>
"A Chilean artist is ripping up pictures, gluing them back together
 and then ripping them up again for a new exhibition"

7. "Artist's condom career"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1150849.html>
"A Brazilian artist makes clothes and sculptures out of different
 coloured condoms"

8. "Artworks are meaty"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1101335.html>
"A Chilean artist has opened a new exhibition of her work - all made
 out of meat"