Peinetones

"The object is the poetic"

George Braque.

"In Buenos Aires, there was a time in which the peinetas, by then peinetones, were the rage in the decade of 1830. A Spaniard, Mr. Masculine, made them in ever bigger sizes and with ever more extravagant designs. Caricatures of the period show porteño ladies with peinetones almost a meter long, extremely decorative and even symbolic ornaments."

Félix Luna.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

De todo lo que se mueve Of everything that moves, 1996/1997. Patching plaster, acrylic and watercolor. 30x38x4,5cm. Private collections.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

De un antiguo hechizo vegetal Of an ancient vegetal spell, 1996/1997. Paper, patching plaster, acrylic and watercolor. 33x39x4cm.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

Del navegante de la noche Of the nocturnal navigator, 1996/1997. Paper, patching plaster, acrylic, watercolor and cloth. 32x40x4cm.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

Del oir adentro del silencio Of hearing within the silence, 1996/1997. Paper, patching plaster, acrylic and watercolor. 30x38x4,5cm.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

Del que ronda el perfecto deseo Of he who haunts the perfect desire, 1996/1997. Paper, patching plaster, acrylic and watercolor. 36x45x5cm.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

Untitled, 1994. Paper, patching plaster, gauze and wood on container box. 42x32x3.5cmapprox.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

Peinetón de la porteña the porteña’s peinetón, 1996/1997. Paper, patching plaster, acrylic and watercolor. 42x32x3.5cm.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

Si un hombre no comprende el infierno If a man does not understand hell, 1996/1997. Paper, patching plaster, acrylic and watercolor. 30x36x4,5cm.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

Untitled, 1994. Paper, patching plaster, gauze and wood on container box. 90x110x19cm.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

Untitled, 1994. Paper, patching plaster, gauze and wood on container box. 90x110x19cm.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

Peinetón. Peina tus ideas II Peinetón. Comb your ideas II, 2008. Laser-cut tin. 50x90cmapprox.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, argentinian woman artist, latinoamerican fashion, Peinetones

Peinetón. Peina tus ideas I Peinetón. Comb your ideas I, 2007. Laser-cut aluminum. 63x35cmapprox.

Maria Silvia Corcuera, artista mujer argentina, fashion latinoamericano, pintura, escultura, peinetones, serie frisos

Untitled, from the series Frisos, 2000/2001. Polychrome wood painted with semi-matte acrylic. 105x165cm.