The garden of Peter Tyler steel springs in Montevideo

Tuesday, September 29, 07:58 PM Montevideo, Sept. 30 (EFE) .- The Uruguayan artist based in Canada, Peter Tyler, today opened its exhibition "Lost Garden" composed of various stainless steel sculptures and a video projection that is Shelf Space exhibit at the Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) of Uruguay. The artist told Efe that the exhibits are the result of a work for three months workshop held in Montevideo and funded after last year obtained 53 National Visual Arts Prize Hugo Nantes, of Montevideo. "Perdido Garden is encompassed in the line of work I've been developing in the last decade," said Tyler, who defined himself as a sculptor despite including a projection on DVD and electronic devices in the exhibition. Installation "new nature," a collection of flowers made from steel measuring rules and that turn by electricity, dominates a sample that is characterized by silvery brightness and color of the exhibited works. The importance of the measures in this particular garden was reflected in the sculpture "Babel," a three-storey tower is also made from steel rules, and the rain of metal tapes in "Midnight". The artist acknowledged that " Exodus ", a play in which swallows appear in bas-relief from the ubiquitous metal strips, one can see that personal relationship he established between Chile and Uruguay." Everything that occurred during the stay in Montevideo has been presented here first time, "said the sculptor, born in Uruguay in 1975 and a degree in Art from the Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago, Chile. At the opening of the first catalog of Tyler attended the director of Culture, Ministry of Education and Culture, Hugo Achugar , and the newly appointed Ambassador of Chile in the country, Andres Rebolledo. Average (Not Rated)