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98 cm x 38 cm x 38 cm (38 9/16 in. x 14 15/16 in. x 14 15/16 in.)
Omar Schiliro (Buenos Aires, 1962 - 1994) Primary
Object Type:
sculpture
Artist Nationality:
Latin America, Argentinean
Medium and Support:
Mixed media
Credit Line:
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Fran Magee Fund, 2005
Accession Number:
2005.155
Within two weeks of hearing he had contracted HIV, Schiliro began a short but extremely important career as an artist. At once gaudy and kitschy, but also disturbing and melancholy, his lamp sculptures have come to symbolize the baroque sensibility of the “Arte Light” movement in Buenos Aires during the 1990s. The contrast between the flamboyant forms and the dim light inside is a poignant and moving commentary on morality, sexuality, joy, and sadness.
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