JAGUARETES IN THE YUNGAS

ECOREGIONS AND NATIVE SPECIES OF ARGENTINA

Jan. 4 to Nov. 7, 2017

140 x 200 cm

It is a very significant work, since from a more distinct figuration in his abstract style the artist can express his environmental knowledge. This work is linked to the subsistence of the most beautiful Latin American feline. The Yaguareté, also called jaguar, panthera onca or better known as the Creole tiger of Argentina. The feline has been declared a national monument (Law 25.463) and there are only about 250 of them left in three different regions of our national territory: Misiones jungle, Chaco forest and Yungas. The artist says that its habitat has been considerably reduced in recent years and this work is a call to conserve it. In this same sense, an Art and Literature CONTEST has been devised: “JAGUARETES IN THE YUNGAS” stories of children with adventure…