Jorge Macchi - The Anatomy of Melancholy

Jorge Macchi: The Anatomy of Melancholy will be the first comprehensive U.S. exhibition of one of Latin America's principal contemporary artists. Macchi, who created Argentina’s pavilion at the last Venice Bienale, produces work that is characterized by drawing poetic potential from everyday situations and materials. His artwork explores the intersection of presence and absence in structures such as music, maps, and language. The exhibition will showcase approximately 40 of Macchi's most important works, spanning 15 years of artistic production in a variety of media including video, installation, drawing, sculpture, and collage. Macchi has developed a significant reputation in his native Argentina and Europe, and the exhibition will give increased U.S. exposure to this artist whose reputation is on the rise.

This exhibition is co-organized by the Blanton Museum of Art with the Merco Sur Biennial. Funding for the exhibition is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Susan Vaughan Foundation.

Curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, curator of Latin American art