In the small room of the cultural center, an artistic dialogue flourished between Vanesa Moreira’s (1984) body language dance and three acrylic paintings on canvas by André Yarí Ricchetti (1986) about Balthazar, the black Wise Man.
“All my work centers on this enunciation of the Guarani identity. That’s the reason why, at some point, I worked with Our Lady of Itatí. These are very important figures in the region, and in popular culture and beliefs,” stated Yarí before the opening, which was well attended.
Black is not the only color that abounds in his paintings, but also pastel pink and vibrant green, all complemented by a video where Moreira dances incessantly.
[San Baltasar]
The religious popular festivity is celebrated every year on January 5th and 6th in the Argentine Littoral Region, where Balthazar is relentlessly venerated. In the confraternity there are altars, moving bodies, and music. Moreira dances with the gurisada (a term derived from the Guarani language used to refer to a group of young people). It is also possible to see Yarí molding dirt, rivers and memory.
In the work organized by Contraviento and the art gallery Subsuelo, the artists reproduce some aspects of San Baltasar’s festivities.
