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For the cohesion, impact and prominence of their work, we should include in the current scenario of Argentine art alongside the Santa Fé artists mentioned, the political nature of the genus in Ana Gallardoís installations; the multimedia work of Emilio Torti; the diverse photographs of Marcos López, Norberto Puzzolo, Andrea Ostera, Rosalía Maguid and Raul DíAmelio; the organic and enigmatic works of Fabiana Imola; the spatial and formal conception of Leandro Comba; the suggestion of poetic forms in the space of Leonardo Battiselli; and the rereading of popular political iconography of Aurelio García; among others.
The consolidation of young Rosarian artists is not surprising since the Province of Santa Fe has a vigorous artistic history, the supreme international exponents of which were Antonio Berni (1905-1981) and Lucio Fontana (1899-1968). It also possesses very strong local representatives such as Augusto Schiavoni (1893-1942), Leonidas Gambartes (1903-1963), Juan Grela (1914-1992), Juan Pablo Renzi (1942-1992). But it is not only tradition, which may or may not be accepted as a legacy by the new artists, but also the strengthening of Rosario as a cultural and institutional stronghold for the visual arts and cinema in recent years. Outstanding in this institutional process is the action of the Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes Juan Carlos Castagnino (Juan Carlos Castagnino Municipal Fine Arts Museum), currently directed by Fernando Farina. Thanks to the exhibitions held there of Rosarian artists, the catalogues of those artists and, especially, due to a policy of acquiring works by artists active in recent years, the Rosarian museum has become a signpost of end of century art in Argentina for future generations. In the same way, the La Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, de la Universidad Nacional de Rosario (Humanities and Arts Faculty of the National University of Rosario) is one of the more active academic centers in the study of the history of art and artistic teachings.
Combined with formal teaching is the scholarship system of the Antorchas Foundation, thanks to which young artists can form subsidized workshops. Guillermo Kuitca and the Barracas Workshop; Pablo Suárez and Luis Benedit; Román Vitali; Nicola Costantino and Claudia del Río, for example, are some of the artists who have participated in these workshops, which have been central points for numerous young artists in their formation, experimentation and reflection on their creative processes, as well as being the catalyst for the merger of Argentine art with international artistic trends.
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