Block

Jorge Macchi
Drawings 1996-2008
At PROA Library

From March, 14th, 2009

Fundación PROA presents the intervention of the artist Jorge Macchi in the PROA Library, in which he exhibits the drawings of his book Block.

In Block, Macchi offers a non-chronological panorama of the drawings he made between 1996 and 2008. So much the title of the book as its format seek to highlight the idea that the drawings were done directly on a block of blank pages. The images are shown without any background color and, in general, are placed on the center of the page.

The book is sponsored by the Embassy of Italy in Argentina, with the support of Fundación PROA.

The Block intervention, by Jorge Macchi, opens the PROA Library’s cultural program, consisting of presenting books through diverse points of view. In the case of the visual arts, many artists produce works in the format of books, also known as artist’s books. “The artist’s books is one more possibility of this creativity developed through the 20th Century, even in secret. In the archives of many artists it is common to find anywhere between notebooks to books with drawings”, explains Adriana Rosenberg, president of Fundación PROA.

In Macchi’s production, books are a space of recurring experimentation. On occasion of his participation in the Venice Biennale, Macchi abandons the traditional concept of a catalogue and presented an artist’s book.

“Presenting Block in the PROA Library is a different experience. While the book presents a sequence in the drawings, in the installation this sequence is lost, and it results in something else. Its an explosion”, explains Macchi.