Presented in the context of the group exhibition “1 Lúcia 2 Lúcias”, where works by Lia Chaia, Leandro da Costa and Fabiano Marques were also presented, Nicolás Robbio proposed a facade intervention based on the Argentine flag. According to the text by curator Cauê Alves: “(…) The sun, which should have been at the center of the country symbol, was shifted and the blue bands, due to the scale, ended up resembling the sky and horizon of a landscape. Alluding to the lack of axis that the country currently finds itself, the self-exiled artist, born in Mar del Plata, did not intend any affirmation of his national identity. The flag interference can be compared to the social and economic dislocation that Argentina finds itself today. Moved to the Vermelho space, the flag acquires several meanings, and can be understood as an effort to strengthen Mercosur or even, if it was the World Cup season, as a reference to the rivalry between the best football teams in America”.
Presented in the context of the group exhibition “1 Lúcia 2 Lúcias”, where works by Lia Chaia, Leandro da Costa and Fabiano Marques were also presented, Nicolás Robbio proposed a facade intervention based on the Argentine flag. According to the text by curator Cauê Alves: “(…) The sun, which should have been at the center of the country symbol, was shifted and the blue bands, due to the scale, ended up resembling the sky and horizon of a landscape. Alluding to the lack of axis that the country currently finds itself, the self-exiled artist, born in Mar del Plata, did not intend any affirmation of his national identity. The flag interference can be compared to the social and economic dislocation that Argentina finds itself today. Moved to the Vermelho space, the flag acquires several meanings, and can be understood as an effort to strengthen Mercosur or even, if it was the World Cup season, as a reference to the rivalry between the best football teams in America”.
