The Argentine artist Fabian Perez currently has a show of paintings and sculptures opening in Sydney, entitled “Waiting for The Romance To Come Back.”According to Stuff, the show consists of over 50 paintings inspired mostly from his years growing up in Buenos Aires.As a child, Perez lived among the bars and the brothels that are the stuff of tango lyrics in Buenos Aires.For him, they were a part of every day life; his father owned the brothel and his mother was the “madam” until they were shut down in the 1970s.Now, Perez is a world famous painter.He has had shows in the U.S., Canada, and Europe and his paintings have sold in Sydney to restaurateurs and real estate developers.

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