Kenneth Kemble (Buenos Aires, 1923–1998) was one of the main artists of the Informalist movement in Argentina. Beginning in 1956, he experimented with collages, assemblages, reliefs, and informal and sign painting. Kemble participated in the exhibitions of the Asociación Arte Nuevo [New Art Association], a bastion of abstract trends. In 1959, he was part of the exhibition Movimiento Informal [Informalist Movement] at the Van Riel Gallery. In 1961, Kemble was the driving force behind the exhibition that presented arte destructivo [destructive art]. He practiced art criticism, mainly at the Buenos Aires Herald (a newspaper founded in 1876 for the English community in the capital) between 1960 and 1963. In the following decades, he continued his written reflections with an emphasis on the theory of the creative process.Hugo Parpagnoli, the art critic of the newspaper La Prensa and contributor to the magazine Sur, was also the director of the Museo de Arte Moderno in the 1960s, continuing the foundational work started by Rafael Squirru. Among his curatorial practices, the 1964 exhibition of Argentinean art at the Pepsi-Cola Building in New York stands out as important achievement. Kenneth Kemble exhibited paintings and collages from May 30 to June 17, 1961, at Galería Pizarro, Buenos Aires; what he answers in this interview is related to the prologue of the mentioned exhibition. (See document 741363).
