Mosto & Rojas Arte

Patricio Bonta
The Christs of Bonta

The “Christs of Bonta”, is a series of seven Christs that sprout from the artist’s instropection about human condition. We are born crucified because of wars, of the difference between races and environment, explains the artist.


The Christs of Bonta I Acrylic on canvas 40x160 - 80x40 - 80x40 cm. 2009	The Christs of Bonta II Acrylic on canvas 30x120 - 50x30 - 50x30 cm. 2009	The Christs of Bonta III Acrylic on canvas 30x120 - 50x30 - 50x30 cm. 2009


The Christs of Bonta IV Acrylic on canvas 40x160 - 80x40 -80x40 cm. 2009	The Christs of Bonta V Acrylic on canvas 40x160 - 80x40 - 80x40 cm. 2009	The Christs of Bonta VI Acrylic on canvas 40x160 - 80x40 - 80x40 cm. 2009


	The Christs of Bonta VII Acrylic on canvas 40x160 - 80x40 - 80x40 cm. 2009

		Previous exhibition.

What is Patricio telling us with these images of Christ?
Perhaps he wants to transmit us that there is a crucifixión that we must accept. We will never understand the sense of life, not even we will know what is there on the other side of the horizon.

Julio César Crivelli
September 2009

Curriculum

He is Hungarian, born in Budapest the 1st of July, 1946.

He lives and works in Argentina.

He studied Painting and Drawing in several plastic art workshops and worked intensely under the supervision of Anibal Carreño in Buenos Aires.

Together with his passion for painting and drawing, Patricio developed an intense and successful career in Advertising.

In 1977 he began to present his drawings and paintings in salons and group exhibitions.

In 1993 he held his first solo exhibition "Mostros" at Centro Cultural Recoleta.

In 1993 at Modern and Classic Gallery (Argentina) and in Sotavento Gallery
(Caracas, Venezuela).

In 1994 he presented a solo exhibition at Alberto Elía Gallery. Later he represented this gallery at the Miami Art Fair in 1995.

In 1998 he exhibited his work at Arroyo Gallery and in 1999 he represented this gallery in Arte BA, a contemporary fair art in Argentina.

In 2000 he was invited to participate in the annual exhibition of the Agora Gallery in New York.

In 2001 at Centro Cultural Borges he presented his drawings and paintings.

In 2005 he was invited by the Iberoamerican Advertising Festival at Centro Cultural Borges.

In 2007 at Vasari Gallery he presented a solo exhibition where he introduced his project work "Inconvenient at the Public Services" based on the book of Julio Cortazar , History of Cronopios and Famas.

Some of his paintings and drawings are part of private collections.


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