Alejandro Contreras Moiraghi’s art exudes a quintessential Argentinian attitude – unreservedness brings to the fore passion and sentimentality. Alejandro calls his characters tipitos, or ‘the little dudes’. The tipitos tell their stories within everyday settings; in a toilet or a sneaker, in a car or around food or a past-due telephone bill. They perform curious rituals in which they seem to parade and dance. They laugh and cry; their faces display drama and comedy. What the tipitos think or feel, they think or feel it passionately. They embody the Latin bravado; brash, carefree and always on the move.