December 6th 2020.

The world was quite a different place than it is today.

Most of us spent the majority of our 2020 in lockdown at home, due to the pandemic.

This is the coverage I did the following week, of a modest but much welcomed outdoors event that hinted a little bit of return to normalcy, with face masks and all.

The name is “De Autos y Héroes”, which in Spanish means something like “About Cars and Heroes”.

It was an event by the automotive art collective FUEL-ART based in Argentina, and it was done in a place called “Paseo Fangio” in Buenos Aires. It included a ton of art in his honour, as well as some cars related to him as well, like one of the IKA Torino’s that raced the “84 Hours of Nürburgring” in 1969.

The original article from December 13th 2020 is reproduced below. I hope you enjoy the words and pictures. Let me know!

Coronavirus. Is there a physical event coverage that doesn’t mention this? I don’t think so.

And for good reasons. From one moment to another, without anyone expecting it, our lives were flipped upside down. The way we go out, we greet, we relate with each other, we show love. The way we live.

Last Sunday, after all these months of confinement and extra care, I could finally go physically to an event. Of course, it was an outdoors event, while wearing my face mask 100% of the time and keeping my distance. But the way this recharged my energy, with a perfect weather that seemed to greet us into this new era, was priceless.

Without further ado, welcome to the car art expo “De Autos y Héroes”.

This event was organized by the “Asociación Amigos del Paseo Fangio” (Paseo Fangio friends association) together with the group of car artists who go by the name of FUEL-ART (you can find them on Instagram and Facebook) and makes an homage to the protagonists of the “Temporadas Internacionales del Automóvil Club Argentino” (something like International seasons of the Argentinian Car Club) between years 1947 and 1951.

In case this was not enough historic value, there has also been a good amount of artwork related to Juan Manuel Fangio’s sport achievements, who is an inspiration pillar for almost everyone that gathered last weekend at Paseo Fangio.

Above these lines, we can find part of the FUEL-ART team, main protagonists of the event. From left to right: Mario Tagliavini, Hernán Delannoy, Miguel Paolantonio, Claudia Rizzoli, Agustina Montserrat, Jorge García, Daniel Sonzini, Rafael Varela y José Luis Zaccaria.

But you came here for the art. Sadly, although I have taken many pictures in the event, I don’t have pictures I like of every artwork, so I focused on the photos I liked the most.

If you want to see every artwork, you can come say hi in the next event 😉

Without further ado, let’s get to the art.

As I mentioned earlier, even though the main topic for the gathering was the artwork expo, there was a considerable amount of interesting wheeled partners around.

I’m not gonna lie: my two favorites were the IKA Torino 380W Number 2, one of three protagonists of the Argentinian feat at 1969’s Nürburgring 84 hours race, and a replica of the Alfa Romeo GP Tipo P2. That’s the reason why they will be my main subjects in the photographs.