Mondongo
Red Series, 2004. Cotton threads and plasticine on wood, 100 x 100 cm. Private Collection, Buenos Airs
Box II. To have a world Series, 2011. Plasticine on wood, 82 x 111 x 55 cm. Private Collection, Beverly Hills, USA
The dream of reason I. Disney, Peron and LSD Series, 2007 – 2008. Mixed media consisting of cotton threads and plasticine on wood, 300 x 450 x 7 cm
Exhibition View. Performance, 2017. Barro – Arco 2017, Madrid, España
Exhibition View. Performance, 2017. Barro – Arco 2017, Madrid, España
Exhibition view, Mondongo, February 2016. MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Roma, Italia
Exhibition view, Mondongo, February 2016. MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Roma, Italia
Exhibition view. Thread/Bare, March, 2007. Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
Exhibition view. Thread/Bare, March, 2007. Track 16 Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, California
I’d settle for being able to sleep. (Detail). Snow White Series, 2009 – 2013. Mirrors, glass, cotton threads, plasticine and leds on Wood, 180 x 195 x 115 cm. Private Collection, Dubai, Arab Emirates
I’d settle for being able to sleep. Snow White Series, 2009 – 2013. Mirrors, glass, cotton threads, plasticine and leds on Wood, 180 x 195 x 115 cm. Private Collection, Dubai, Arab Emirates
Glow in the dark IX. Glow in the dark. Series, 2008. Glow in the dark thread on plexiglass, 84 x 57,5 x 0,4 cm
Glow in the dark XVI. Glow in the dark. Series, 2008. Glow in the dark thread on plexiglass, 84 x 57,5 x 0,4 cm
Glow in the dark XIX. Glow in the dark. Series, 2008. Glow in the dark thread on plexiglass, 84 x 57,5 x 0,4 cm
Argentina. Argentina Series, 2010. Sculpture of a skeleton, chest, made with 100.000 coins, 115 x 110 x 115 cm
Villa, 2012. (Closed) Plasticine on wood, 300 x 183 x 28 cm. Private Collection, Abu Dabhi, Arab Emirates
Villa, 2012. Plasticine on wood, 300 x 183 x 28 cm. Private Collection, Abu Dabhi, Arab Emirates
Sebastian Portrait. Intimate portrait Series, 2014-2015. Cotton threads on wood, 300 x 200 x 10 cm
Enrique Fogwill. Intimate portrait Series, 2006. Cotton threads on wood, 150 x 150 x 7 cm. National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Skulls Series, 2009 - 2013. 12 works series. Plasticine and mixed media on wood, 200 x 200 cm, variable depth
Skull VII Skulls Series, 2009-2011. Plasticine on wood, 200 x 200 x 10 cm. Private Collection, Geneva, Switzerland
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Mondongo is an artist collective that has been working together since 1999, currently formed by Juliana Laffitte (Buenos Aires, 1974) and Manuel Mendanha (Buenos Aires, 1976). Their works call into question the conceptual relation between materiality and image. In their productions they hold discussions about themes like power, work, economy and sexuality, and generate different readings through freedom in the use of materials, taking the attention to detail on their works beyond conventions regarding size, complexity and potentiality.By using unconventional materials, such as colorful mirrors, cookies, bread, meat, threads and plasticine, manipulated with original techniques and selected according to their content, they create ironic, fantastic and critical settings, always favoring the narrative sense.
Their most recent projects include Conejos Blancos (Barro, Buenos Aires, 2021), Tres (Barro, Buenos Aires, 2017), Home - So different so appealing (LACMA, Los Angeles, 2017), How to read el Pato Pascual: Disney’s Latin American y Latin American Disney’s (Mak Center, California, 2017), Mondongo (MAXXI, Museo Nazionalle Delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Roma, 2016; Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Franklin Rawson, San Juan; Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Emilio Caraffa, Córdoba; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Neuquén; 2014).In the past few years they have developed many performances such as Autómata (Track 16, Los Angeles, 2018); No soy tan joven como para saberlo todo (ARCOmadrid, Madrid, 2107; Bienal de Performance BP 15, Buenos Aires, 2015), among others. Mondongo's works form part of important collections worldwide such as Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, Texas); Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires); Colección de Arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat (Buenos Aires); and numerous private collections (Zurich, Londres, Bruselas, Dubai). They live and work in Buenos Aires
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The Argentine art collective, Mondongo, comprised of Juliana Laffitte and Manuel Mendanha, is renowned for its innovative use of unconventional materials in its production, such as meat, threads, plasticine, and wax. This approach not only challenges traditional notions of “painting” but also broadens the expressive possibilities of the medium. Until January 6, 2024
news
01.01.2026 MONDONGO Argentina on tour
publications
Manifestación
MALBA Buenos Aires, 2024
Dibujos, Mondongo y Bizzio
Barro Ediciones, Buenos Aires, 2017
Mondongo
MAXXI Museo Nazionale Delle Arti del XXI Secolo. E20Progetti Editore, Biella, Italia, 2016
“After hours” en el estudio de Mondongo
Conversaciones en la Cabaña nº 3, Pisueña Press, Cantabria, 2013
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Daniel Maman Fine Art, Buenos Aires, 2004
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Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, 2013
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Vig Ediciones, Buenos Aires, 2010
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Neuquén, Neuquén, 2014
links
Canal Vimeo Mondongo
Mar Centenera. "Mondongo, el arte argentino de la mentira". El País, febrero 2017
Nicolás Cassese. Mondongo: "Usamos el material de nuestras obras como forma de denuncia". La Nación, noviembre 2016
Marina Artusa. "Mondongo: los artistas de la plastilina conquistan Roma". Cultura, Clarín, febrero 2016
María Elena Polack."Con plastilina, Mondongo alude a los ciclos de la vida". La Nación, agosto 2013
