Facundo de Zuviría: Siesta Argentina and other modest observations at Americas Society, January 25 – April 1, 2017
Facundo de Zuviría: Siesta Argentina and other modest observations at Americas Society, January 25 – April 1, 2017
Americas Society's exhibition centers on the photo-essay Siesta Argentina triggered by the country’s 2001 “corralito crisis”.
“Inspired by the vernacular architecture, design, and urban landscape of Buenos Aires, photographer Facundo de Zuviría (b. 1954) captures the intimate and often unnoticed details of daily life in his images of the Argentine capital. Curated by Alexis Fabry and Gabriela Rangel, the exhibition centers on the photo-essay, Siesta Argentina. Originally conceived as a photobook, the series was triggered by the 2001 “corralito crisis” — the social and economic downturn that shook the Argentine nation. Published in 2003, Siesta Argentina has been exhibited in Argentina, France, and Germany, but is now being presented for the first time in the United States.” — Americas Society.
“According to Facundo de Zuviría, his photographic journeys through Buenos Aires were born from his obsessions,” notes Fabry. “Rather than mere chance, his images derive from an effort to reconstruct the city from its fragile remnants, its ‘modest differences,’ to borrow the words of [Argentine writer Jorge Luis] Borges….”
