NYU Buenos Aires “Art and the City” Professor Teresa Riccardi invited NYU Buenos Aires for a very special opening: artist Iván Contreras-Brunet’s first exhibit in Argentina. Professor Riccardi is an Argentine art historian, curator and current Management Director for the prestigious MACBA (Museum of Contemporary Art of Buenos Aires).
Renowned abstract artist Iván Contreras-Brunet, originally from Chile and long-time resident of France, took classes at the School of Fine Arts in Santiago de Chile and began his first abstract works in 1951. He chose geometry as an artistic language.
His work knows no frontiers and has been presented at prestigious museums all over the world, including the Centre Georges Pompidou (France), Museum Cuauhtémoc (Mexico), TSA Gallery (Japan), Gallery Nouvelles Images (Netherlands), Museum of Geometric and MADI Art (USA), amond many others.
Contreras-Brunet is currently presenting his very first exhibit in Argentina and NYU BA, Students and Director, joined Professor Riccardi to explore his unique repertoire.
MACBA Executive Director, Aldo Rubino, who also attended the art exhibit, met and welcomed NYU Buenos Aires students and Director, Anna-Kazumi Stahl.
NYU Buenos Aires had the privilege of having Professor Riccardi as their personal tour guide, who explained the significance of Contreras-Brunet’s work with its delicate materials, light and visual impressions.
NYU Buenos Aires Students enthusiastically joined in on the one-of-a-kind opportunity to ask questions to the artist himself. Contreras-Brunet talked to the students and explained his favorite pieces, his influences and his international experiences.