Alejandro Marmo

Alejandro Marmo is an Argentine artist born in the district of Tres de Febrero, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. He is the author of "Art in the Factory", with art that led to productive work spaces.

He is the author of the idea of installing two figures of Evita in the north and south facades of former Public Works building actual building of the Ministry of Health and Social Development at the intersection of 9 de Julio Avenue and Belgrano Avenue. Two figures of steel, 31x24 meters, totaling 14 tons. The south face was inaugurated by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, commemorating the 59th anniversary of the death of Eva Perón.

Biographical He was born on February 19, 1971, in a family of immigrants made up her Italian father and Greek mother, a descendant of Armenians. In his early years in the smithy of his father was growing taste for art and continuously develop a self-taught from age 20.

Concept Alejandro Marmo installed the concept of integration through art as a metaphor of cultural and industrial development. For this, it works with workers and excluded sectors of society.

In the mid-90 created the "Art in the Factory" with the intention of rescuing the industrial backwardness abandoned factories of Buenos Aires. With these materials and with the collaboration of workers dismissed from the production system led to the creation and placement of artworks in public spaces. "Siren of the Rio de la Plata", located on the corner of 9 de Julio Avenue and Posadas, in the neighborhood of Recoleta. "The Metallurgical Workers", located on the corner of 9 de Julio Avenue and Posadas, in the neighborhood of Recoleta. "Galaxy Industrial", located in the district of San Martin, Buenos Aires Province. "Monument to Labour", located in the Civic Center Square neighborhood Ejército de los Andes, Fuerte Apache.