Esplendor Buenos Aires Hotel Portraits by Mondongo

The 4-star Esplendor Buenos Aires Hotel, one of the best hotels in the Argentinian capital, is worth visiting just for the impressive portraits displayed around the hotel created by Argentinian art collective Mondongo.



Maria Elena Walsh (children’s author and songwriter) - bits of clay

We featured one of their series of detailed portraits made with dripped Plasticine here.



Eva Peron (political figure and social icon) - burnt toast, stale bread and resin



Isabel “Coca” Sarly (vedette dancer) – assorted cookies and resin



Carlos Gardel (father of tango) - straight pins



Astor Piazzola (famed tango composer) - straight pins and black ink



Diego Armando Maradona (football player) - solid gold chains wrapped around nails



Adrian “Dárgelo” Rodriguez (rock singer of Babasonicos) - colored sequins on black velvet



Atahualpa Yupanqui (singer and songwriter) - colored yard



Ernesto Sabato (novel writer) - wood carvings



Jorge Luis Borges (famed author of national literature) - assorted threads



Minguito (actor and comedian) - scraps of fabric



Carlos Monson (professional boxer) - broken shards of glass and resin



Che Guevara – bullets and resin

Images taken from imagineargentina