Carlos Thays
Subtitle: un jardinero francés de Buenos Aires
By: curadora de la exposición: Sonia Berjman
Contributors: Centro Cultural Recoleta (Buenos Aires, Argentina); France. Ambassade (Argentina)
Publisher: Embajada de Francia en Argentina
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Buenos Aires
Language: spa
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9789872068837
Subjects: Exhibitions; Parks. Gardens; Parks
Description: Retrospective dedicated to Argentina's most famous landscape architect: Charles Thays (b. France 1849, arrived in Argentina in 1889 - d. 1934), considered by many the key figure of the modern urbanization in Buenos Aires and the incorporation of vegetation in the urban spaces "turning out -without trying- into a pioneer of urban biodiversity and guarantying the sustainability of the tree patrimony"-p. [17]. The exhibition curated by Sonia Berjman includes period photographs, scale models, plans, urban, personal objects and other documents that recall his life and work, a system of boulevards, streets with trees and the beautification of the public spaces of Buenos Aires during the 1910 centennial celebrations. Thays was also a key participant of the protection of the natural patrimony, the production of "yerba mate" and of scientific botany in Argentina. With didactic - aesthetic sense, the exhibitions highlighted the need to value and take care of the green spaces in the city and in the natural environment, and included a video installation by Julian D'Angiolillo.
Notes: Catalog of exhibition held Nov. 4 - Dec. 6, 2009 at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Testimonio de Carlos Thays III; title: Prólogo de la curadora; title: Carlos Thays su vida y su obra / Sonia Berjman; title: Carlos Thays y el Parque Sarmiento de Córdoba / Carlos A. Page - Carlos Thays: Un pacto con los árboles / Carlos Thays IV - Carlos Thays: El arte en los jardines / Maria del Carmen Magaz; title: Carlos Thays: Una estética ante todo / Yuyú Guzmán - Carlos Thays: un jardinero francés de Buenos Aires: La exposición / Curadora, Sonia Berjman.