Vessels bound for Buenos Aires

Dublin artist Guggi’s first exhibition in South America features his trademark paintings of jugs and bowls, says Tina O’Sullivan

AN exhibition of new work by Dublin artist Guggi opens in the Be Palermitano, Buenos Aires, this week. Guggi has been painting since the early 1980s, but is also known for having fronted the avant garde rock outfit The Virgin Prunes.

This is Guggi’s first exhibition in South America. On a motor-biking trip in Argentina, he was invited in to see the gallery Be Palermitano and was offered a one-man show by its director