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Eloísa Ibarra
Eloísa Ibarra (born 1968) is a Uruguayan visual artist who has been recognized for her graphic works. Biography Ibarra studied graphic design at the Figari School, and was trained at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, National Institute of Fine Arts. She also attended the workshop of master Nelson Ramos (artist), Nelson Ramos and studied graphic techniques with . In 2013 and 2014, her exhibition "The Seed of Babel" toured cities in the United States. It explores changes in language, as illustrated by artistic prints alongside repeated machine translations of Jorge Luis Borges's short story "The Library of Babel". In 2017, Ibarra's exhibition "Mesura y Abismo" was shown at the Juan Manuel Blanes Museum in Montevideo. That year she was also invited to be an artist-in-residence at the SEA Foundation in Tilburg, The Netherlands. Awards * National Honorable Mention, International Salon of Engraving, Integrated (2005) * Special Mention, Painting Salon del Vino, INAV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montevideo
Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . Montevideo is situated on the southern coast of the country, on the northeastern bank of the Río de la Plata. A Portuguese garrison was established in the place where today is the city of Montevideo in November 1723. The Portuguese garrison was expelled in February 1724 by a Spanish soldier, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst the Spanish people, Spanish-Portuguese people, Portuguese dispute over the Río de la Plata Basin, platine region. There is no official document establishing the foundation of the city, but the "Diario" of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala officially mentions the date of 24 December 1726 as the foundation, corroborated by presential witnesses. The complete independence from Buenos Aires as a real city was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
