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"
