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SO FAR, SO CLOSE-EQUIPAJE DE EMERGENCIA, 2007

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De la serie IN BETWEEN, la intervención en las valijas nació primero por una necesidad de diferenciación para evitar el robo y la pérdida en los aeropuertos, ya que el contenido era irremplazable, y es ahora, como las cajas, el hogar donde guardo los recuerdos de los que no puedo desprenderme: fotos de mis hijos, objetos de su infancia, cartas y más cartas, mi colección de muñecas Latinas y Africanas...



From the series IN BETWEEN, the art intervention in my luggage pieces at first was my way to easily differentiate them from the rest in airports, in case they were lost or someone try to steal them. I did it because I carried personal values in them, and I still keep them in there: pictures of my sons, staff from their childhood, letters and more letters, my collection of Latin-American and African dolls…

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Toledo is a native of Argentina and lived twenty two years in the USA. She holds a MFA in Painting and Sculpture from Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón in Buenos Aires.

She has exhibited her artwork in Argentina, Brazil,Greece, México, Bulgaria and the USA. She has won 21 awards for her drawings and sculptures in her native country. In 1997 Toledo was recognized as Outstanding Woman in the Arts and was honored with the Estrella Award by the Hispanic Women’s Network of...

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