In 1998 he displays his first exhibition
in Europe and in 1999 he mounts a studio in Salerno
Province , Italy .
From the year 2000, he has been developing an intense
plastic, cultural and social activity in Europe, The
United States and Argentina . Many institutions with
a great deal of prestige, such as the Universitá
di Bolonia, Boston University and the Consorzio Interuniversitario
Italiano per l'Argentina (CUIA) have endorsed his
work.
During a trip to Greece in search for his maternal
roots, in 2000, he starts painting with mixed technique
on wood, fabric and discarded objects.
Among the symbols he tirelessly works with, both to
a small scale and to be sited in public places, the
Bee stands out as a sign of cooperation, work, honey
and desire.
He starts with a series of abstractions that refer
to universes and planetary systems. During this period
he also carries out research into the owl as a symbol
of attentive look for ancient people, giving way to
a prolific work from that perspective.
Between 2001 and 2004 he builds a path of giant sculptures
with the aim of linking symbolically three Argentine
provinces, and having in mind the idea of federating
Argentine art. The highlights of this project are
the works La Abeja (The Bee), built
with pieces of wreckage from the 1995 explosion of
the Military Factory at Río Tercero (Córdoba
Province), and the Monumento al Almirante Irizar
(Monument to Admiral Irizar), among
twenty pieces of work located in public places.
In 2002 he builds an avenue of great size sculptures
at the Museo de los Parques de Palermo . These sculptures
were made by transforming unused industrial materials,
and Marmo worked with economically deprived people
with the aim of contributing to their social insertion.
In 2003, the documentary Cartoneros
(people who make a living by picking up paper and
cardboard from the dumps) is filmed as part of a project
encouraged by the chair of Literature at Boston University
. Directed by writer Ernesto Livon Grosman, the documentary
deals with his work and its links with Argentine social
reality, and displays a theory that shows how it is
possible to transform crisis into poetry.
From 2003, in the framework of the projects Argentina
Esporta and Focal Point of Contemporary
Arts at the Universitá di
Bolonia 's office in Buenos Aires , his work
becomes part of a major project under the global title
"Metáfora de Desarrollo con inclusión
social a través del arte" ("A metaphor for
Development with social inclusion through art"). Thus,
many exhibitions are encouraged at Italian, European
and Latin American Museums, as well as the project
"Arte en las fábricas" ("Art at factories"),
several workshops, seminars and meetings with people
who play an active role in the productive activity;
many itinerant exhibitions are displayed at Federculture
and the Instituto Italo-latinoamericano (IILA) in
Rome; giant sculptures are placed in different public
places: 50 pieces of work of great dimension, such
as El Monumento al Trabajo ( Monument
to Work ) at the slum area Fuerte Apache; El
Obrero Metalúrgico (The Metal Worker),
at 9 de Julio Avenue; the fountain Sirena del
Río de la Plata (River Plate Mermaid),
at Buenos Aires's Recova; the series Los Oficios
(The trades), at Buenos Aires's suburbs,
moveable giant murals; the work Aterrizaje en
el Abasto ( Landing on Abasto Neighborhood
), settled at the entrance of Ciudad Cultural
Konex in Buenos Aires City; an avenue of sculptures
at the Museo de los Parques de Palermo, built with
the help of homeless kids and inhabitants of the Villa
31, a shantytown in downtown Buenos Aires; a park
of sculptures at the public school Escuela EGB Nº
9, in the Islands of Tigre District, Buenos Aires,
among other works created by the artist.
In 2004, fostered by Universitá
di Bolonia, they film the documentary Óxido
y Descarte (Rust and Discard) on his
work, with the idea of showing a metaphor for industrial
development. This documentary was first shown at an
Exhibition of Argentine Cinema that took place in
Milano during May, 2005, sponsored by the Argentine
Consulate in Milano.
Marmo's astistic work as a whole has been declared
of "cultural interest" by the governments of Buenos
Aires City , the provinces of Córdoba, Buenos
Aires , several other local governments, the municipalities
of Río Tercero, General Rodríguez, Tigre
and Tres de Febrero.
The declaration has also been supported by the Argentine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fundación Exportar,
Ministero degli Affari Esteri, Ministero dell'Istruzione,
dell' Università e della Ricerca, Argentine
Culture Secretary, Comune di Roma, Provincia di Roma
, Buenos Aires City Government, Buenos Aires Province's
Ministry of Employment, Buenos Aires Province Cultural
Institute and La Plata City Museum of Fine Arts, Università
La Sapienza di Roma I, Facoltà di Architettura
"Ludovico Quaroni" and Università di Macerata,
as well as by several private companies.
During 2005 and 2006
he carries out intense social work at schools as well
as at shelters for the hungry, where he mounts art
laboratories.
In October 2006 he opens a Park of
Sculptures in Rome with five sculptures, with the
support of Universitá di Bolonia, the Roman
Comune and the Circolo degli Artisti.
In 2007, he carried out an itinerant
exhibition, and offered several workshops for workers
in the framework of the project 'Art in factories'
in Argentina.
His sculptures have been shown in different public
places. "Sun child" (Buenos Aires Province)
and "The Worker" and "Lightning King"(Dominican
Republic) are among the most prominent.
He was chosen to create the Inclusive Community Prize,
granted by La Nacion Foundation, and based on 'The
Hugs´ Series.
He was awarded a prize at the International Biennial
of Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep.) for his work on
Social Inclusion through Art. Four of his sculptures
were put on display in public places of the City and
another one is exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art.
He has also delivered a conference on his project
'Art in factories' to local young artists and other
conferences on Art and Social Inclusion in different
institutions.
His studio in Buenos Aires has been declared of "cultural
interest" by the Municipality. It is located in the
District of Tres de Febrero , and it is the same atelier
where his father installed himself in 1947, when he
arrived to Argentina to settle permanently.
2008 - Make a show of paintings on
its series "Look," "Theory of Salvation" and "Hugs"
at the Cervantes Institute in Tokyo, sponsored by
the Embassy in Argentina and Japan Ministry of Foreign
Affairs.
Opens its annual show in Rome, Italy at Circolo Degli
Artist.
The book presents Deep Miradas Dr. Marian Moya, based
on its social work to work on material on the recording
of experiences in various destinations where they
combine their work and anthropology in the same project.
Conducts presentations on the integration of art in
public places in schools, museums and academic institutions.
The Organization of Ibero-American States and the
Foundation The Footballer him to sign an agreement
on its touring exhibition which focuses on social
figure of the athlete and promote their work through
the campaign of non-violence in football stadiums,
this series of sculptures and paintings is "Spirit,
Heart and Sacrifice"
Officially opened the sculpture "Industrial Partners'
entry into the Party of General San Martín
Province of Buenos Aires, representing a metaphor
for industrial development in the region.
Presents the ministry of labor in the nation in its
draft Art factories.
2009 - The "Chess Bicentennial" http://www.alejandromarmo.com.ar/esp/textos-ajedrez.htm
a project of social integration through art recovery
of public space and environmental care for the Autonomous
City of Buenos Aires, in 28 workshops on offer from
other destinations in the Coop. Alameda, special schools
and municipal and dining neighborhood where neighbors
are seeking to recover the waste and transform it
into the bicentennial games, chess pieces, this activity
is organized in conjunction with the working table
of the associated management Parque Avellaneda Doors
and the Bicentennial.
The Ministry of Culture together with the Ministry
of Labor of the nation states of the national cultural
project "Art in the factories where workers are involved
in different locations to strengthen the bond of production
and imagination.
Presents the sample Spirit, Heart and Slaughter, promoted
by the Organization of Iberoamerican States and FAA,
runs schools and hospitals.
Second semester, a sample of paintings done in the
Circolo Degli Artisti, Rome and donates the entire
production of this exposure to the earthquake victims
in Abruzzo, Italy
Art Appreciation (JICA Cooperation Agency of Japan),
under the auspices of the Argentine Embassy in Tokyo,
an audiovisual and photographic record of various
destinations where you work-roaming
On the House in Madrid and the Universidad Autonoma
de Madrid UAM, presented a workshop, present their
experiences and social anthropology through the art
factories, in schools and community kitchens are working
with the concept of play and imagination as science
education for 21.Lo century came with a sample of
paint on the eyes and hugs healers.
2010 - Awarded the scholarship for
resident artists at the Museum Quarter Vienna, Austria
Exhibits at NOVOMATIC FORUM, Vienna Sponsored by the
Embassy of Argentina in Austria.
The show spirit, heart and sacrifice, continues its
journey through the interior of Argentina.
Your project Art in factories, with the involvement
of workers in works for public spaces outlined in
various universities as a means of social integration
in the productive sector.
Presentation of the model "Evita, wife of South
America
Monuments on the facades of the Ministries of Health
and Ministry of Social Development of the Nation.
Alejandro Marmo idea ...
2011 - The idea
of ??Alejandro Marmo which is installed as artistic
intervention Evita icon on the facades of former MOP
is recognized by the Presidential Decree 329, 2010
and remains in the National Law on Copyright to File
911668.
In the month of March began assembling the wall made
of steel cut. Each of the icons of Evita in the north
and south walls of the former MOP consists of 44 modules
that were forming the total of each of the works of
31mts of 24 meters which were applied on the enhancement
of the procedure edificio.Este called Applied Mural.
"
On Labor Day and within the framework of the 15 years
of the project ART IN THE FACTORIES, is located in
Villa Soladti "El Cristo Obrero Workers."
In the Party of Tigre, Buenos Aires next to a shipyard
workers end "The Lighthouse of Equality"
to be located in Dique Luján and 'Development
Constellation "to Route 27 in that district.
In July and August were opened Evita's murals at the
Ministry of Social Action of the Nation and in August
the Wall looking north of Avenida 9 de Julio.
In September exhibited his art project in the factories
in Spain: Madrid Area Crossing and the College of
Argentina in Madrid.
Installed various mural scale replicas of Evita in
the Avenida 9 de Julio built with the participation
of metalworkers in the framework of the Art Factories.
At present a retrospective Marmo keeps standing
at the University of Bologna, based in Buenos Aires.
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