i had first discovered marcelo bonevardi from researching through old books of art from 1900 to about 1970. i like argentina even despite all the nasty they've gone through in their kind of recent history. but it was "coincidence" that marcelo is from there, though that he is adds something extra to my reception of what he has shared.
i have his main and really only book published, (http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/bonbon.html) you can get it on amazon for pretty cheap (http://www.amazon.com/Bonevardi-Chasing-Shadows-Constructing-Art/dp/029271436X)
and i really do recommend this book with the highest i'm-stuck-on-a-deserted-island regard. it was prepared with love for the artist and not just another curated or aggregate-curator/museum-let's-publish-something-about-this-artist book. apologies for the negative tone of that delivery, i really don't intend it to sound that way. i just want you to know that this is not one of those types of books. and it is so great that the book has so much passion in it's creation considering it is probably "thee" source book for bonevardi (though not all of his work is included).
there is that quintessential question put out there in humanity "who would you like to meet" usually paired with "dead or alive" - i hadn't really had anyone in mind up until i discovered marcelo. i simply - like all people and can easily be captivated and enamoured by their individual charms and ways and things (to varying degrees of course).
but dang; consistently - endlessly, like a faucet rusted shut by poseidon himself with all the nereids floating about giving you that great read into the heart of such a miraculous individual; my soul flushes well with such flow of expressions.
and so, without thought i easily say marcelo would be someone i would specifically look forward to meeting.
i said this on a facebook post of bonevardi's work:
"marcelo is my favourite artist. i don't choose this, it is a consistency created by those things that make up experience, life. i simply acknowledge it's grandeur and to respect it's importance - share it."
i thank you marcelo, for sharing so much, for persevering in the new york school to become yourself and not derivative facsimile. the experiences generated in me from witness of the artifacts you have left warm me greatly when i need warmth; cool me down when i am too heated.
a fellow human ~ mzocoxito.
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