“I didn’t want to be creative; I didn’t intend to create anything. I just wanted to follow the path of my own desire. So I started using my imagination.”

Argentine artist, writer, and activist Fernanda Laguna pronounced these words during the recent unveiling of an ambitious review of her work housed at the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA). 

The exhibition, titled “My Heart is a Magnet (1992-2025),” is the first comprehensive overview of Laguna’s undisciplined practice, which has rippled through the local cultural landscape for three decades. Her oeuvre seamlessly blends contemporary art with the aesthetics of everyday life, far from traditional art institutions.

“This exhibition is dedicated to the independent spaces and publishers that are key to building culture,” Laguna explained. 

“I thought it would be nice to lend a hand from museums to these independent spaces.”

The exhibit features more than 200 pieces split up amongst seven thematic sections. The works range from vibrant abstract paintings and delicate embroideries to sculptures, installations, and personal notebooks. 

Curated by Miguel A. López, the show seeks to frame Laguna not just as a creator of objects but as a barometer of the shifting social and political tides in Argentina since the early 1990s. 

In the exhibit’s catalog, he stressed that the retrospective offers “an account of a body of work that is at once unclassifiable and captivating, popular and high-brow, which has........

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