MARTIN DI GIROLAMO (Buenos Aires, 1965)."Adriana". 2005.Mixed media on epoxy resin.Size: 85 x 64 x 78 cm.Hyperrealist sculptures, girls who dress, make themselves up and comb their hair, adopt a defiant gesture and follow to the letter the canon of fashion magazines, cinema or TV; in short, they obey the mandates of the mass media. It is the magnificent temple that glorifies the goddesses of our era, hieratic and serialised by dint of collagen and scalpel, with a brief stature of models who look like dolls, it has the characteristics of a game.In 1994 he was awarded the Kuitca Grant for young artists (Fundación PROA (PK)), in 1995 the Taller de Barracas Grant (Fundación Antorchas (PK)) and, in 2000, the Fondo Nacional de las Artes (PK). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, some of them: Dakar Biennial (Senegal, 1992); Últimas tendencias. Donaciones, MAMBA (2002), X Havana Biennial (Cuba, 2009). Her solo exhibitions include: Maquillaje (2000), Cliche (2003) and Diosas (2008) at Ruth Benzacar Gallery; Sola, Baro Cruz Gallery, Sao Paulo (Brazil, 2005) and Girls, Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Francisco (USA, 2007).