Reviews

By Ruben Vela

We live in a world that is detaching itself, thus uncovering vast unexplored areas in which man discovers the endless spaces of his creative liberty.

Por Dr. Hector Blas Lahitte

Bienvenidos, les doy la bienvenida, para nosotros es un honor que ustedes estén en el museo. Les quiero agradecer, para que sepan que hacer una exposición como ésta, es un esfuerzo importante y realmente nos puso las cosas fácil por la gestión de la directora de[...]

By Dr. Ismael Passaglia

We now have the chance to enjoy the work of an excepcional artist whose fame has gone beyond the borders of our country”, said Passaglia, in coincidence with other expressions of high approval which the artist received from acknowledged critics and writers in the cultural sections of national newspapers and magazines.

By Rafael Otegui

This is an inusual, nearly exotic book, a kind of rara avis in the local publishing world because of its great beauty, the quality of the edition and its double content of plastic art and lyricism. It was published by Alejandro E. Caride Publishers and contains several masks and sculptures made in cartapesta and papier mâché by Marta Díez, together with poems by Rubén Vela, plus a lucid epilogue by José Emilio Burucúa.

Por Daniel Perez

¿Debemos acatar como un fatalismo ineludible las rutinas y las apariencias del marco en el que se desenvuelven nuestras vidas? ¿Esto que llamamos realidad es una dimensión unívoca e inviolable, o sólo es un gabinte provisto de puertas secretas que nos comunican con [...]

Por Daniel Perez

¿Quién ve? ¿Qué ve? ¿Qué es lo visto? ¿De qué lado sel espejo? La figura femenina es un pájaro negro, tiene brazos alados y cola blanca, y de su pico caen los hilos de plata de la lluvia; Universo sin tiempo recrea símbolos[...]

By Virginia Carreño

A man from Santa Fe Province who is a diplomat, poet laureate and art collector; a woman artist from Tucumán Province with a gift for manifold creativity, besides being a beautiful woman and a ranch owner; and a high-level medical doctor from Buenos Aires City, in love with her and her art, have jointly produced a book which is a real attainment. It was presented at a serial exhibition of masks and sculptures so human-like that nobody would wonder at hearing them speak. Several persons from the audience even came over to kiss them.

By Alejandro Caride

Mask-making is practically an ageless art. Hence its magic, through veritable sculptures always radiating identity. Could they be supernatural in their representation?

By Susana Quiroga

On October 3 a presentation took place at the Isaac Fernández Blanco Museum of Spanish- American Art consisting of an excellent double art event involving Sculpture and Poetry: Sculpture by Marta Díez, Poetry by Rubén Vela. The exhibition showed a united esthetic view from these acknowledged artists, who resort to different ways of expression.

By Francisco Garcia Jimenez

As expressed by popular wisdom in these tango lyrics, there has always existed a wish to know our fellow-human beings in their true identity. When Marta Díez chose masks as the support for her search, she investigated the various cultures that had used them in trying to make it possible to reach that which is arcane.

by Ruben Vela
My eyes are full of masks, colours, shapes surrounding me and getting hold of me with various voices, prompting me to write this[...]

By Graciela Arbolave

Good evening. My name is Graciela Arbolave. I am a Restorer and Preservationist of Cultural Products, but what I enjoy the most is looking at art, and this is why I am here, out of curiosity to understand how it is that somebody has a bent for art.

By Ruben Vela

The distinguished Tucumán-born artist, Marta Díez, whose fascinating display of masks is opening now, began her art studies at the age of ten. Soon her aptitude for drawing, oil painting and ceramics became evident.

By Mercedes Rodrigo
An understanding of the being modelled by religious beliefs locates aesthetic and reflexive percepción in space.

By Virginia Carreño

Two facts about this unusual exhibition at the Buenos Aires airport specially deserve being underlined. The first is that here a moment´s pause for reflection and rest is offered to passengers amid the urge of arrivals and departures, at a pleasant gallery presenting itself as the city&acut[...]

by Maria Esther Vazquez

A mask is an element of various shapes and materials, meant to cover one´s face. It has two main functions: personification and disguise. Primitive men used to cover their face with a mask representing an animal, a god or an ancestor, and would identify with it / him, in the b[...]

by Elvira Rawson Paz

From ancestral days to the present time, masks have been a magic tool used by man to remain hidden and anonymous, behind somebody else´s face, thus enabling him to step into the other´s shoes while leaving his own self aside for a while, and[...]

Por Antonio Albani

Se inauguró el 15 de agosto en el Aeropuerto “Jorge Newbery” de Buenos Aires, con la presentación del poeta, arqueólogo y diplomático Rubén Vela, en elogiosos conceptos sobre Marta Diez : “La artista siente la necesidad imperio[...]

By Celia Aiziczon de Franco

Marta Díez’s masks begin by making their way into her inner self, causing her to search for her own language, nurtured by the cultures of America, especially those from the Northern area of Argentina[...]