The sculpture, also known as “El Niño Pescador”, is currently located at the Visual Arts Museum after having been removed from Plaza 25 de Mayo.
The mayor Francisco Azcué was at the Visual Arts Museum (MAV) this Monday morning, where the sculpture “El Muchacho del Paraná”, also known as “El Niño Pescador”, is currently located, which was removed from Plaza 25 de Mayo due to the deterioration it presented.
Together with the Undersecretary of Culture Jorge García and the director of the MAV Hugo Musser, Azcué spoke with Miguel Rosatto, restorer, and Rosemary Valdor, visual artist and restorer, who arrived in our city to begin the restoration process of the prestigious artistic work created by the Italian-Argentine sculptor and visual artist Lucio Fontana.
METICULOUS WORK
The restorer Miguel Rosatto explained that “the process is very meticulous, to which one must dedicate much patience and effort so that the work is maintained over time. It was not prepared to be exhibited in the environment in which it was located”.
Regarding the time the restoration may take, Rosatto pointed out that it is difficult to establish because “unforeseen events may arise and it is all very relative”, adding that once the process on the sculpture has been finished, “it must be given the place it deserves, in a room set up where its history is told, who made it, and how it arrived in Concordia”.
“El Muchacho del Paraná” is a very important work for Concordia, “I would say iconic and perhaps one of the most valuable art pieces that the city has because there are only two in the whole country”, highlighted Rosemary Valdor, visual artist and restorer.
The mayor Francisco Azcué was at the Visual Arts Museum (MAV) this Monday morning, where the sculpture “El Muchacho del Paraná”, also known as “El Niño Pescador”, is currently located, which was removed from Plaza 25 de Mayo due to the deterioration it presented.
Together with the Undersecretary of Culture Jorge García and the director of the MAV Hugo Musser, Azcué spoke with Miguel Rosatto, restorer, and Rosemary Valdor, visual artist and restorer, who arrived in our city to begin the restoration process of the prestigious artistic work created by the Italian-Argentine sculptor and visual artist Lucio Fontana.
METICULOUS WORK
The restorer Miguel Rosatto explained that “the process is very meticulous, to which one must dedicate much patience and effort so that the work is maintained over time. It was not prepared to be exhibited in the environment in which it was located”.
Regarding the time the restoration may take, Rosatto pointed out that it is difficult to establish because “unforeseen events may arise and it is all very relative”, adding that once the process on the sculpture has been finished, “it must be given the place it deserves, in a room set up where its history is told, who made it, and how it arrived in Concordia”.
“El Muchacho del Paraná” is a very important work for Concordia, “I would say iconic and perhaps one of the most valuable art pieces that the city has because there are only two in the whole country”, highlighted Rosemary Valdor, visual artist and restorer.