In his curatorial text, the author describes how the artworks, at times, evoke mutating organic structures, while at other times, they reference ancestral crafts and textile patterns rooted in cultural memory.
Alonso also emphasizes that the exhibition incorporates allusions to the cycles of nature and the heterogeneity of time, presented through a combination of hard and soft, natural and artificial, heavy and ethereal materials. These materials transform the exhibition space and encourage reflection on the ephemeral and earthly condition of human beings.
Buenos Aires, December 10 (NA) — Contemporary artist Marcelo Toledo presents 'The Flow of Time,' the first textile exhibition at the Water Museum. This follows his participation in Pinta Miami 2025, where he exhibited 'AI Ancestral Intelligence,' according to the Argentine News Agency.
In this new proposal, Toledo takes viewers on a journey through the cultural richness of Latin America, integrating works that continue his creative exploration. The pieces include masks made of silver and copper, crafted using textile techniques with natural chaguar fiber, woven by the Wichi community. The exhibition also features large-format canvases and metallic textiles incorporating copper and bronze—materials associated with the earth, ancestral memory, and the bond between the human and the non-human.
The exhibition brings together elements where 'the forces that inhabit time remain vibrant and intact,' as the artist himself describes, referring to the materials, textures, and symbolism that permeate his work.
Toledo also intervened in the museum's water tank with an installation representing the passage of water through the seasons of the year, highlighting the nuances of life in an ecological environment where water 'contributes its transformative wisdom.'
'One learns a lot about human behavior by reconnecting with the essential,' stated Toledo. 'My work seeks to build a bridge and honor indigenous traditions in this life that flows, advances, and transforms us through the beauty of its processes.'
In turn, curator Rodrigo Alonso highlighted that the artist's work 'brings to life a universe of labile and seductive forms,' emerging from the convergence of diverse imaginaries. Suspended figures and falling forms dialogue with each other, revealing that in what is apparently inert, there is also energy, tension, and vitality.
