Tomás Espina has a quite special “painting” technique: He uses gunpowder to create his works. Last week, the gallery Ignacio Liprandi from Buenos Aires was showcasing his work as solo presentation in the New Contemporaries section of Art Cologne 45. Internationaler Kunstmarkt. In this video, galerist Ignacio Liprandi talks about the gallery he founded in 2009, and Tomás Espina’s work.

Tomás Espina was born in 1975 in Buenos Aires. He graduated from Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte (IUNA, Buenos Aires, 2001). He was awarded several prizes and took part in major exhibitions in mainly in Latin America. He lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Tomás Espina at Ignacio Liprandi Gallery / Art Cologne 2011. Interview with Ignacio Liprandi, April 16, 2011.

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