San Telmo is full of art. It has a distinct presence, visible in the old European architecture, in the form of tango in the plazas, and at the feria every Sunday. It also lives at 736 Carlos Calvo.

As the man at the epicentre of the 60s Pop movement, Andy Warhol shaped how we think about art now. Elevating the everyday into art, he blurred the lines between high and low culture. He created the model of the artist as media persona, mass producer and businessperson, a concept taken forward by contemporary art giants such as Damian Hirst, one of the most successful artists working today.

Buenos Aires is a city known for its garbage – the endless string of cartoneros picking through piles pitched onto the crumbling sidewalks every night, the trash-clogged storm drains flooding the streets during every heavy rain and sad reality that most recyclable materials are buried in landfills outside the city rather than reused.

Despite having shown his work in galleries around the world and sold paintings to giants like Donald Trump and the Clinton Foundation, Julio Chaile is curious. Graceful in appearance and demeanour, the 45-year-old Argentine artist views the world with a childlike sense of wonder. While asking a question, he tilts his head to the side as if attempting to peer inside your brain and examine your soul.