The artwork features a prominent wooden wheel with intricate spokes and a central hub, creating a striking visual composition. The warm, earthy tones of the wood and the simple yet elegant design suggest a focus on traditional craftsmanship and the enduring nature of handmade objects. The wheel's prominent placement and the blurred background suggest that the artist is inviting the viewer to contemplate the wheel's functional and symbolic significance, perhaps as a representation of the cyclical nature of time or the importance of traditional methods in a rapidly changing world. ...
Ariel Cusnir probes national memory, historical narratives, and the politics of representation, transforming painting, drawing, and installation into layered reflections on the past. He works deeply with archival materials and historical events, reimagining them through a critical and poetic lens. His work transforms linear, heroic accounts of history into multifaceted narratives that reveal both the absurdities and complexities of the past. Cusnir often focuses on archetypal historical moments, examining how collective memory is shaped and transmitted. By reinterpreting well-known events, he challenges conventional storytelling, emphasizing the contested and fluid nature of historical perception. His visual language combines meticulous technique with inventive conceptual strategies, allowing him to explore social, cultural, and political frameworks. Through his work, Ariel Cusnir invites viewers to reconsider established narratives, reflect on national identity, and engage critically with history as a dynamic and continuously evolving field. ...
PASTO is a contemporary art gallery based in Buenos Aires that represents young and promising Argentinian artists. We contribute to their professionalization by encouraging them to produce under new challenges and we try to impulse and build bridges between the artists and worldwide critics, curators and collectors. Since 2014, PASTO assumes its fundamental role as a meeting and dissemination platform and uses that potential to provide visibility to divergent practices and ideas. ...
