TravelswithCharie

La Pieta, Pablo Atchugarry, 1983, Carrara marble Just as the world was coming out of the pandemic, the Museum of Contemporary Art Atchugarry (MACA) was inaugurated in January 2022 to great fanfare in the rustic town of Manantiales in Uruguay. Here in the wide open spaces are a museum, the studio of Atchugarry, a permanent gallery for his works, an amphitheater, a chapel, an art store, and seventy five pieces of sculpture scattered throughout the well-groomed grounds. Both local and international artists are represented in the Park and in the Museum. A day at the park is exactly what I needed after a big lunch at the seaside town of Jose Ignacio. Atchugarry was born in Montevideo and was encouraged by his parents to dabble in the arts at an early age. He had his first art exhibition at eleven years of age. As he matured and after trips abroad, he began to explore the use of various medium for his works including marble which he found in Italy and which is the material he uses the most f