The Fundacion
Pablo Atchugarry
Pablo Atchugarry (born August 23, 1954) is a Uruguayan artist, best known for his abstract sculptural art. His works are included in many major collections, both private and public, and he has held more than one hundred solo and collective exhibi ...
is a
nonprofit
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institution created by the
Uruguayan
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artist Pablo Atchugarry in 2007 in
Punta del Este
Punta del Este () is a seaside city and peninsula on the Atlantic Coast in the Maldonado Department of southeastern Uruguay. Starting as a small town, Punta del Este grew to become a resort for the Latin and North American jet set and tourists. T ...
,
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
.
The institution aims at promoting
visual arts
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,
literature
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,
music
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,
dance
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and other art forms to its community and visitors. The location and design of the space was chosen by the founder to allow a "dialogue between art and nature".
The fundacion is composed of the sculptors workshop, an exhibition building, an auditorium, an open-air stage, a restaurant, a didactic room, as well as a 30-hectare sculpture park.
Exhibitions
* 2016:
Peter Schwickerath
Peter Schwickerath (born 1942 in Düsseldorf) is a German sculptor.
Biography
Born in 1942 in Düsseldorf, Peter Schwickerath studied from 1964 in the sculptor class of Adolf Wamper at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. 1965 he ...
‚ Juego de Austeras Formas en Acero‘
Exhibition of Peter Schwickerath in the buildings of the Fundación Pablo Atchugarry
, on German Embassy Montevideo
References
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External links
Fundacion Pablo Atchugarry Website
Punta del Este