The works gathered in the exhibition “Heritage and something more” are presented in various formats, but they all start from silversmithing. 5 years ago, I returned to this trade, which I had learned in my adolescence in Olavarría, a city that holds a prestigious history in this field.
The recovery of this knowledge brought me to the question of tradition and its survival.
Having learned this trade at the Municipal School is due to the silversmith Armando Ferreira's will to not let this tradition disappear due to the loss of its circulation space in the 70s, when people stopped consuming silverware.
Protected in the form of heritage, silversmithing survives – like art, perhaps – in a kind of reserve.
When I recognized that it was part of a tradition, I felt the need to do something with it.
Although crafts in many competitions are defined as having a function that is not merely sculptural, the reality is that the pieces that are effectively defined as traditional crafts, in most cases lack an effective and current use, beyond its decorative, or artistic character.
The attempt to update this traditional craftwork has to do with his intention of bringing it closer to the use of images nowadays.
The wet dreams of tradition
