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Art Basel: The Art of the World is here in BA!

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Art Basel: The Art of the World is here in BA!

By Pame Aguirre Leonetti

The huge mural of American artist Barbara Kruger covering the abandoned grain silos of Puerto Madero was the perfect stage for the opening of Art Basel Cities Buenos Aires.

The impressive letters carry a powerful message: “You can’t live without us / power / pleasure / property / equality / empathy / independence / doubt / belief / women. Who owns what?”, and they are there, out in the open, yelling to the four winds.

That is the main idea behind the most important art week of the city of Buenos Aires, which started yesterday and will continue till September 12: to fill up urban spaces with free contemporary art and open the doors of galleries and museums so that everybody can go there.

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On this very first day, Le Banana visited some of the artworks that you can’t miss so as to tell you everything you must know about them and the renowned international artists that are visiting the city these days.

Our first stop was the former Cervecería Munich (Avenida de los Italianos 851, Costanera Sur). Inside, a  dramatic floor-to-ceiling curtain fuchsia, red, and violet was surrounding, as if it was protecting, the green tables and Brown chairs which back in the 30s made up the historic beer hall designed by the Hungarian architect  Andrés Kalnay.

It was Mexican artist Pía Camil artwork Gaby’s T-Shirt, an interactive installation made out of 300 secondhand T-shirts. The idea? That people touch them, get inside, get out, move them all along, close them and discover all the possibilities they offer.  

Outside, hanging unframed from the open-air porch of the building were Vivian Suter’s unstretched canvases painted with acrylic and loud pigments. “I wanted to transmit the power that nature has in Guatemala, where I work. I am happy to be showing these paintings here, in the country where I was born”, says Suter to Le Banana, among the canvases that move freely to the rhythm of wind.

Our second stop was Museo de la Cárcova (Av. España 1701). We met there the artworks of Santiago de Paoli, Mariela Scafati and Narcisa Hirsh. Three totally different works with the same aim: to dialogue with the Museum and redefine its history.  

To finish our tour on Art Basel opening day we went to Faena Art Center (Aimé Painé 1169) to enjoy Israeli artist Naama Tsabar artwork Melodies of Certain Damage. What is it all about? It is an installation made up of electric guitars that she herself breaks in her studio and then transforms adding piano chords or parts of other instruments to play them again.  “I want women to write a new history from now on. I chose the symbol of the electric guitar because it has always been something very masculine. My intention is to make that act something of my own and then give it another meaning”, says Tsabar among guitars and amplifiers.

To Remember!

On September 8 and 12 at 17:00, Diana Szeinblum will activate Pía Camil’s artwork with the performance “Peep Show”, don’t miss it!

On September 8 at 18:00 Tsabar’s guitars will be played on an interactive performance.

BA Photo: The Fair’s Pop and Contemporary Side

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BA Photo: The Fair’s Pop and Contemporary Side

By Pame Aguirre Leonetti

Buenos Aires’ annual photography party has already started. BA Photo, the most important fair of Latin America, officially welcomed the 36 local and international galleries that take part in its fourteenth edition.

The exhibition –which has six curators and more than one hundred artists- offers photographs of all kinds. There are classic, modern, pop and contemporary images with topics that go from social protests to fantastic landscapes.

Le Banana picks!

What we liked the most was the pop and contemporary side of the fair. Artworks of the series Los monstruos de las Ocampo, by the artist born in Rosario Lila Siegrist, exhibited by the gallery Gabelich Contemporáneo, are among our top favorites.

We also loved the photographs of Manuel Archain, an Argentine young photographer who plays with reality in different ways. In some of his works, like in Alexanderplatz, he makes objects bigger and people as small as a plea. While in others he uses loud colors and he makes surrealist portraits similar to René Magritte’s famous The Son of Man. The result? Enchanting artworks that people could be watching for ages.

Arturo Aguiar is other of our favorite artists of BA Photo. He looks at the world in an abstract and experimental way and in so doing he creates works of powerful colors and psychedelic forms, such as Forms of light/Formas de luz, a pop series worthy of praise.

Javier Bellomo Coria, Marina Font and Bea Blousson are also part of our picks. They are three totally different artists who experiment in various ways – cutting photos, drawing mental maps on portraits or changing urban landscapes- but who have one thing in common: they all enchant the audience.

When?

September 7 through 9 from 14 to 21.

Where?

La Rural exhibition ground, Room 8.

Enjoy!

Tramando at Designers: Martín Churba’s Surrealist Party

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Tramando at Designers: Martín Churba’s Surrealist Party

By Lucia Levy

A huge metallic Orwell eye was watching Cronopios Room at Centro Cultural Recoleta. Beyond, an enormous coffin caught the attention of those who were waiting for Martin Churba’s fashion show. At the corner, a structure with cylindrical brushes resembling those of car washes was guests’ favorite spot  to take selfies. The surrealist touch was in a pair of woman legs pedalling a bike going nowhere while a red carpet added a dose of glamour, and at the back, a podium blessed with a cross made of screens was the perfect image to complete the scene.

All these artworks are part of “Naturaleza Muerta/Still Life”, the exhibition of Doma, an artistic group that showed unknown works for the first time in ten years in Argentina. Surrounded by these artworks, the models showed Tramando SS19 Collection, “Ensayo sobre croma líquido/Test on liquid chroma”.

Both the catwalk and the music reflected Churba’s artistic and unorthodox style. Models arose  from the coffin, walked through the flashes of the red carpet and then arrived to the podium from where they then came out renewed out of the brushes: Churba primped them there. Music, on its part, was a nostalgic mashup of electronic beats coming out from a Nokia 1100 cellphone, the snake game, MSN and Mario Bros. A vintage sign that contrasted with Doma’s staging.

Churba’s creations can be distinguished from far away. Trendy colors such as yellow, lilac and metal were at the center of the collection. The skill of the designer with textiles, specially with irregular dresses is striking and it can be perfectly seen in his SS19. Protagonists were outfits, such as a pair of white oversize bermudas and blazer with black and blue brush strokes; a powder coral waist-deep jacket and pants; and the favorite of the night: an oversize pant with a really long patchwork jacket.

Enjoy. 

Jessica Trosman at Designers: Santa Tarasca’s urban romanticism

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Jessica Trosman at Designers: Santa Tarasca’s urban romanticism

By Lucia Levy 

Outside Atlanta Athletic Club it was raining, but inside the atmosphere was totally different. The typical calm before the storm could be felt there, among the colorful lights reflecting on the white cloth  that had been placed in the middle of the catwalk. Today in Le Banana we show you all the details! 

The backstage of Jessica Trosman’s fashion show  was quiet mainly because, unlike other times, journalists and photographers were not allowed. Models knitted brows as they chatted about the run on the dollar.

“Blessings from Santa Tarasca for you!”, said Paula Neira Bayá, who, together with her couple, Patricio Bayá, are Trosman’s partners in Not To Be Understood. The story of Santa Tarasca, the brand’s patron saint, started as a joke with Jessica while they were preparing their previous collection and now they have transformed that joke into  their 2019 Summer campaign. They even gave stamps of Santa Tarasca during the show to “protect people from the financial crisis”.

“No Name or Law” is the name of the 2019 Summer collection that Jessica and Paula presented at Designers BA. It makes sense that they acknowledge their rebellion: they have never followed rules, they have always created their own.

The shape they show in this collection is, as always, alternative; patterns are both for young women and for those not so young. Floral prints on pants and back cuts on an oversize light jacket or on irregular tops are some of the innovations of the brand. Denim pieces are back this season while they have also created patchwork items with liberty prins that remind us of 70s.

JT Squad

Trend can be seen on the powder color palette -mustard yellow, yellow, light-blue, pink, and grey-  on outfits with metallic materials, and on sporty and chunky sandals. Not To Be Understood Summer is comfortable, fresh and with the perfect dose of romanticism. 

Enjoy. 

Art Basel Cities in Buenos Aires: A Week Full of Contemporary Art and Culture

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Art Basel Cities in Buenos Aires: A Week Full of Contemporary Art and Culture

By Pamela Aguirre Leonetti

Buenos Aires city will live an artistic celebration that will captivate everyone from September 6 through 12. The Art Basel Cities Week, a unique and historic project with more than 85 activations that places Buenos Aires at the top of international artworld. Here in Le Banana we tell you what you can’t miss of these 7 days full of creativity free and open to all.

What to See and Where?  

The main highlight of the week will be Hopscotch (Rayuela), a citywide innovative exhibition curated by Italian Art Director Cecilia Alemani, which includes unknown works of 18 Argentine and international artists. Like Julio Cortázar experimental novel, the exhibition offers a free interpretation: to “jump” among five neighbourhoods  –La Boca, Puerto Madero, Costanera Sur, Recoleta, Palermo– to discover hidden places such as squares, parks, derelict buildings, and piers and appreciate the dialogue between large-scale, performative and interactive works and the urban landscape.


Must-see

Art Basel Agenda is almost endless, that’s why in Le Banana we talked with Manuela Hansen, Art Basel coordinator from the GCBA, and we did a selection of the artworks that you can’t miss.

One of the must-see artworks is the installation “Kermit the Frog, Even”, which Alex Da Corte will place at Arenas III Studios of La Boca, a deformed and impaled replica of the balloon of Kermit the Frog from Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade which was accidentally deflated in 1991 and permanently retired. A symbol with multiple interpretations which will be available to be seen from September 6 through 12 from 10 to 18.


The Arenas Studios (Av. Don Pedro de Mendoza 965) will be home to another highlight: the performance “Aggregate” with 60 performers drifting through the space that Romanian artist Alexandra Pirici will activate from September 6 through 10 from 13 to 17 ( if it doesn’t rain, on September  11 and 12 the performance will be shown on Paseo de la Rambla from 14 a 18)


The 30m x 70 m mural that American artist Barbara Kruger will place at the Silos de la Antigua Junta Nacional de Granos of Puerto Madero is another must-see. The painted mural,called “Untitled (No puedes vivir sin nosotras/You Can’t Live Without Us)  will be placed on September 6 and will remain there, and it is one of the feminist artworks of the project.


Among the works of local artists, there stands out “Alfabeto Lunar/ Lunar Alphabet” created by renowned Leandro Katz, a new version of his 1978 work “Alfabeto Lunar”, created this time with tiles made of cement and bronze, which will be inaugurated on September 6 at the entryway patio to the National Library and will remain there.


Another local artwork that shouldn’t be missed is “Perspective of Absence”, of Eduardo Basualdo, an intervention in a pier located at the Asociación Argentina de Pesca, near the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur, which has been forgotten and where people can’t always access, and which will be installed from September 6 through 12 from 12 to 20. A piece of advice? Manuela Hansen told us that since the artwork  is really poetic it is better to see it at sunset to fully enjoy it.


Feminist themes can be seen in many artworks along Hopscotch  and there are two local women whose works are worth seeing. One is  Ad Minoliti’s “Symposium for expanded painting and speculative fiction”,  which will be at  Casa Victoria Ocampo (Rufino de Elizalde 2831,  Palermo), from 6 through 12 from 12 to 20 and will include a symposium with renowned artists and thinkers on September 8 from  14 to 20. The other one is “Niebla”. Paintings, dresses, and ropes make up Mariela Scafati’s artwork, where the experimentation with color and  form are at the center. Where? At Museo de la Cárcova from 6 through 12 from 10 to 18.


Argentine-Israeli artist Mika Rottenberg, a leading figure of New York art world, is presenting for the first time an artwork in her country of origin and this work is another highlight. The artwork, named Cosmic Generator,  is a BA variant of one of her videos and it will be able to be seen at Cuartel de los Bomberos Voluntarios de La Boca (Brandsen, between Palos and Martín Rodríguez) all along the whole Art Basel Week from 10 to 18.  

Another must-see the work “Eternity”, created by Maurizio Cattelan, a pop up that pretends to be a “cemetery for life” and that will be at Plaza Sicilia at Av. Libertador and Sarmiento from 6 to 12 from 11 to 19.


Besides, if you have time, we suggest that you make some space to see one of the three releases of 200 helium balloons that will be done as part of the performance  “Señalamiento del cielo/Signaling the Sky”, of the American David Horvitz. When? On September 7th from 17 to 19 at the National Library (Agüero 2502, CABA); on September 9th, from 16 to 18 at the waterfront of La Boca, and on September 12th, from 16 to 18, in front of  Ex Cervecería Munich, at Puerto Madero.


Have a look at the full Art Basel Agenda here. Stay tuned with Le Banana Instagram take overs!

Zitta: shiny disco babies at Duhau

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Zitta: shiny disco babies at Duhau

By Cata Greloni Pierri

Architecture has always been an inspiration for the collections of the designer and anaesthetist Fabián Zitta.Neomodernism shaped PRISMA, his latest Summer collection, which uses prismas and the colors made by their refractions to generate a wide, young and fresh color palette.   


Models came up from Duhau Palace facade creating a rainbow  of geometric pieces of clothing made of varied textures such as translucent chiffon, sateen with lurex, and other shiny materials as high quality brocade, metallic lacquer and crystal organza in pastel ornamented with feathers and handmade embroideries made of prismatic materials.  


Saturated colors could be seen in full colors such as blues and magentas, while desaturated colors appeared in powder pinks and pastels as well as in yellows that went from sorbet and lime tones to ochres and stripes that took us to the most groovy 70s discos.


Jessica Kessel’s shoes completed the collection and gave it a young look. Three-color, metallic moccasins with contrasting buckles made of rhinestone, glamourous wingtip shoes and loafers in disco tones were the perfect match for mini and midi dresses that predicted an incredible Summer and a great kick off of Designers Week.


Stay tuned with Le Banana Insta take overs!

Rock in a Cher way: Between music and summer´s spirit, discover the new colecction

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Rock in a Cher way: Between music and summer´s spirit, discover the new colecction

By Leandro Infante

New Summer collections keep being launched and we continue analyzing them. Today is Cher’s time and its S/S 2019, a collection full of music, simple shapes and net urbanism. Let’s have a look! In Le Banana we’ll tell you everything you wanna know!  

Maria Cherñajovsky’s brand is a symbol of Argentine Summer and in this S/S19 its honors its inner self, inspired by a contemporary woman who lives, does things, and, above all, dares to create.

Colors are the basis of this Season, and they go from sober colors, such as white, red and black; to a range of greens, and including in the middle tones as beige, and lilac – which is the great protagonist of the Season. CHER uses simple shapes and classic typologies to carry its message and its unique energy. Some of its hit items are the tunics, maxi-dresses, and shirts, apart from men-tailored pieces. Monochromatic outfits and extra large accessories are some of the brand’s favorite items.  

As usual, rock has a central role in this season and it can be seen in some of the materials and some accessories. Paillettes, tacks, metallic leathers, shiny silks, denim and lurex show that the designs are mainly inspired by the 80s.   

Street Style is also present in CHER’s Summer and it includes key items such as biker jackets, baggy pants, jumpsuits, crop tops, sneakers with color cuts, and fanny packs  – one of the items in vogue in the fashion industry.

For prints, the brand uses visual resources such as flowers and landscapes and combines them with stripes, pied de poule and urban elements such as posters and stickers to add eclecticism. Classical modernity, that’s how we define this CHER Summer.  

BAFWeek Is Over: Magic, action and a lot of summer for the close of this edition!

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BAFWeek Is Over: Magic, action and a lot of summer for the close of this edition!

By Le Banana Team 

After a week full of new designs both of renowned brands and emerging ones, Mila Kartei, House of Matching Colours, Jazmín Chebar and Blackmamba were in charge of closing a new edition of BAFWeek. Pastel colors, tulles, glitter, athleisure and flower and palm prints were some of the most important highlights of the summer collections of these brands. Come and see! In Le Banana we tell you all the details!   

Mila’s aquatic life

For this Summer, Guadalupe Teigeiro and Valentina Karnoubi created a collection inspired by marine life. Its prints emulate colorful school of fishes and oysters, sea vegetation, and crabs, and the materials chosen include, among others,  tweed, linen and silk dyed in pastel colors such as lilac, light-blue, light-green, nude and white.

The designs of the collection are inspired by 60s and 70s and this can be seen in the typologies and the styling of the looks, which include kerchiefs, extra large accessories, and simple cut items in girly designs.

Mila’s items  can be easily adapted to different contexts; short sleeve shirts, pantacourts and  bralettes are some of the stars of the collection, as well as dresses, which adds elegance.

About House

Paula Selby Avellaneda’s Summer 2019 collection honors a fantastic universe full of femininity, white wigs and refracting accessories. For BAFWeek the brand recreated a fairy tale were its intricate dresses and a desaturated color palette – similar to the one it had chosen for Winter.

HOMC demi couture showed designs made of tulle, silk and chiffon, dyed in white, lilac, pink and nude with a great handmade work that included gemstones, floral overlays,  and embroideries, among other crafts. Maxi skirts and transparent knotted shirts are the hit of the brand for this Summer.


Jazmín Chebar: A techno 2D love.

Jazmin is one of the most hype commercial brand nowadays and it didn’t skimp on anything for Buenos Aires Fashion Week. They have always pushed Argentine fashion to better and more modern places, and this time they invited one thousand friends of the brand, celebs and press among others, to the launch of the collection “One Love” under a different concept of fashion show. At 21:00 and with an introduction of  SZA song “Supermodel”, a 40×8 screen was turned and the first virtual catwalk of Jazmin Chebar kicked off.

Kisses, tigers, palms, and loud color were shown on the screen on 36 different looks and models that walked and multiplied as characters in Michel Gondry’s videos. Pogo was in charge of the art direction and they also did the campaign set in Jamaica and with the top model Mica Argañaraz as protagonist, who was also present at the show, dressed in a perfect snow-white suit.

One Love represents the love that all the clients feel for the brand that is not afraid of breaking traditional formats to carry its message in a colorful and technological way.

Blackmamba in charge of the last show

After Jazmin’s great show, Bianca Siconolfi and Julia Ramos brand had to redouble efforts to close BAFWeek. To achieve that and together with Adidas they put on an incredible setting in Bank of Black, at Reconquista 100 where, among cages and pile of dollars, were celebs such as Emila Attias, Toto Ferro and Esteban Lamothe. And there they launched their new collection, “Chapter One”, inspired by sport uniforms and the aesthetics of the film Kill Bill, directed by Quentin Tarantino.

In the middle of the party, thieves-models struck the night with sporty bags and balaclavas to show  crop tops with cuts of colors, sporty glitter outfits inspired by boxing and motocross, and transparent nets and reptilian prints typical of Mamba.


All the four shows were a great way of kicking off Summer collections but we can’t wait for more! And fortunately we will be able to see more at Designers Week, that starts today with Fabián Zitta’s catwalk,at  12.30 at Palacio Duhau.

Summertime Madness: The powerful summer of the brand of Cande Tinelli & Tati Saal!

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Summertime Madness: The powerful summer of the brand of Cande Tinelli & Tati Saal!

By Leandro Infante

In Le Banana we’ll give you all the details of Cande Tinelli’s brand summer collection which is presenting this year a very different and inclusive campaign, focused on women and the differences that exist between bodies.

At the end of 2014, Candelaria Tinelli and Tatiana Saal started a project called Madness Clothing, which had items for teens and included urban clothes inspired by sport and music and a mix of textures and colors.

The brand, which mixes trends with basics, never misses the chance to transmit its philosophy and has always seized every moment to raise its voice against women’s stereotypical bodies.

How does the brand itself define its summer collection? Just with one single word: Diversity. The campaign was photographed by producer and filmmaker Alexan Sarikamichian and this time Candelaria Tinelli was not the only model: she was with 7 other girls -each one completely different from the other. The reason? To carry a message of inclusion, freedom of expression and unity among women.

Girl Power is the collection’s name and it  can be felt all along Madness Summer through different textures and morphologies. Linen, lurex, eco leather and broderie can be seen both in trendy items as well as in vintage and naive ones. Clothes are made of flower prints, overlays, embroideries, pearl buttons, glitter and knots. The main items of the collection? Bodies, dresses and knotted tops.

Buenos Aires Fashion Week has just started and Madness Clothing is preparing to take part with a  strong setting and street style at the center.

Female Power: These are the new icons of the music!

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Female Power: These are the new icons of the music!

By Cata Greloni Pierri

Feminist, empowered, and young, female singers are more and more powerful and determined with strong voices and a high visual content. Meet here in Le Banana five millennial and centennial artists who are changing music in  Latin America, Spain and the States and spreading this change to the rest of the world.

Nathy Peluso


Courage is undoubtedly the main trait of this 23-year-old artist who has lately become a music idol. The Argentinian teen who has been based in Spain since she was 10 -and who came to be part of Lollapalooza Argentina 2018 but couldn’t perform her show because of the bad weather conditions- mixes everything she learned from Latin American popular cultures and from jazz, soul, trap and hip hop. In her voice there are hints of singers such as Andrea Echeverri but also of artists like Ella Fitzgerald. Her tracks “Esmeralda“, “Corashe“, “Alábame” and  “Kung Fu“ have thousands and thousands of views on Youtube and Spotify, and each one of them has been heard far beyond one million times. Feminist, irreverent, natural and away from snobbery, Nathy transmits a message in each of her verses with a unique style and a strong idea. On November 14th at 23:00 we will have her in our country and she will give a show at Niceto Club. Go and buy your tickets! Don’t lose time!

Rosalía

Rosalía Vila Tobella is the most popular Spanish singer-songwriter these days. The millenial singer that leaves everyone speechless with her strong voice has been on the scene for a decade, with shows in Barcelona’s Primavera Sound festival, collaborations with J Balvin (“Brillo”), C.Tangana (“Antes de Morirme”) and Pharrell, and has been praised by artists such as Dua Lipa and Charli XCX. Her style and her wardrobe are far away from the typical Spanish dance. In fact, Rosalía is more like a mix between Rihanna, Cazzu and Nathy Pelusso. In 2017 she launched her first album, Los Ángeles, a young and contemporary mix of flamenco, soul and R&B. Spanish guitars, clapping and a sweet voice make her the perfect combination for music lovers.

Anitta

Larissa de Macedo Machado, the latest Brazilian Queen of Pop, came out from a slum and now stirs up international charts. She has already sung with global artists such as Maluma (“Sim Ou Não”), Iggy Azzalea (“Switch”) and J Balvin (“Downtown”) and she has received offers to work with Pharrell Williams and Major Lazer. When she visited Argentina in June for the queer friendly party Plop!, tickets were sold out and fans craved for her. The video “Vai Malandra”, which has reached almost  290 million views on YouTube, shows her together with Mc Zaaz, Maejor ft. Tropkillaz & DJ Yuri Martins in the slum where she was born and where she lived till she was 19. Funk, pop and authentic reggaeton from one of the hottest countries of Latin America.

Mariel Mariel

Directly from the Andes, Mariel is a feminist singer born in Santiago de Chile but she now lives in Mexico because she was attracted by its weather, its food and its people. Her music style has hints of both countries and swings between pop, rap and Andean flow. Her father was a folklorist and this inspired her to create and produce the festival La Matria Fest which included female projects trying to change the gender inequality that has always existed in massive music festivals.  

Billie Eilish

The youngest of these five female artists is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O´Connelly, who became famous after a  feat with Khalid called “Lovely”. Last week, the Californian 16- year- old teen that hates smiling gave a great show at Lollapalooza Chicago for thousands. Besides, Virgil Abloh, the new creative director of Louis Vuitton Homme called her for a new Off-White campaign. She hasn’t launched an album yet, but this singer, who wears lively and oversize clothes, already has more than 3 million views on Spotify with her eight-song EP and a Vince Staples  feat for “&burn”. She has a long road ahead so stay alert!

Go Girls!

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