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Plastic Arts
The 2007 Venice Biennial´s International Exhibition evidenced the dynamism of Argentine plastic arts. León Ferrari, acknowledged as one of the world´s five major living artists by the The New York Times was awarded a Golden Lion in recognition of his political and ethical commitment and the lifelong aesthetic values of his work extending over a six-decade period. Ferrari took part in this event by exhibiting his collages of a series known as L´Osservatore Romano (2001) and the sculpture entitled “The Western and Christian Civilization” (1965), which displayed a Christ crucified against an American bomber. Robert Storr, the Biennial director, also invited Guillermo Kuitca to join the major exhibition and display his recent works, which make reference to other national artists such as Alfredo Hlito and Lucio Fontana.
2007 witnessed an unprecedented growth in the sale of Argentine works of art thus amounting to the largest figure ever recorded in history. Roughly 4.000 works were sold for a total amount of 16 million dollars. Some of the best paid artists apart from Ferrari and Kuitca are still Antonio Berni, Emilio Pettoruti, Benito Quinquela Martín, Raúl Soldi, Fernando Fader, Florencio Molina Campos, Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Xul Solar, Jorge de la Vega, Rómulo Macció, Carlos Alonso, Marta Minujín amd Guillermo Roux.
About 200 exhibitions can be enjoyed daily in Argentina. As a matter of fact, more than 1.200.000 people attended the Buenos Aires city museums in 2006. The Fine Arts National Museum, regarded as the major official art museum in Argentina, not long ago announced that it would double the current area size of its premises.
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