Delafuente Artist

Delafuente  born in Corrientes, province of Argentina. This unique artist from child live together at the natural and rustic culture of the countryside, the gauchos (coutryman) and the traditional mate (little herbage into the gourd with water simile at infusion tea).  Arrived to Buenos Aires (capital of Argentina) in his adolescence, living at first in Conventillos (tenement house) learning the essence of tango. In his young traveled to the jungle of south Brasil, it here where know the native, learning the crafsmanship of the gourd, recipient where the gaucho drinks the mate. Also learned to extract of  herbs, fruit and seeds a special substance for prepared of extraordinary color, with that special color Delafuente create his painting. Other tecnique learned from the native, is  a paste mixture of earth, water and grass, known as ADOBE, utilized for the construction of house an fournace. the artist use this particular mixture for his sculptures with the combination of adobe and wood carved, completing a natural and rustic artist line. Delafuente molder that typical energy of the selvatic zone, of where he come from, mixture of sophistication and at the sometime wild, making so autentic and personal his art's. In spite of  to be unwilling to do  exposition and at participate in public even, convinced for his two grands friends Gabi  and Gabo (Gabriela and Gabriel). exhibited his art in different opportunities. In Argentina he was exhibitng in: Modern Art Gallery in Buenos Aires,  San Telmo's Arrabal Porteņo House,  Bollini Promenade in Palermo.  In Brazil exposed the sculpture in "adobe and wood"  together with his collection of "Jungle and Jaguar Painting" Sao Paulo's biennal exhibition, Rio Grande do Sur's culture day's journey.  In Italy  Brera's Street in Milan and Place Duomo in Florence.