In this document, Gregorio Vardanega discusses the importance of space in his work. He tried to address this question in a variety of ways, such as his plaster hemispheres, called complejos espaciales [spatial complexes] and his spiraling dots in space that he called principio cósmico [cosmic principle]. He also mentions that he used Plexiglas sheets in his paintings to suggest the actual space that separates two color planes.

Gregorio Vardanega (1923-2007) was born in Passagno, Treviso (Italy), but his family moved to Argentina when he was very young. He joined the Asociación Arte Concreto - Invención [Concrete Art and Invention Association] and, in 1948, went to Europe with Juan N. Melé and Carmelo Arden Quin. His interest in kinetic research prompted him to create mobile mechanisms and, during the 1960s, he developed Plexiglas spheres that contained smaller spheres and that were bathed in projected colored lights. He continued to work on these projects after settling in Paris.  Aldo Pellegrini (1903-1973) was a poet, playwright, essayist, art critic, and a moving force in Argentine cultural circles. He was an early promoter of Surrealism, and directed several publishing projects. He was also an active supporter and promoter of the various expressions of Abstract act, and provided encouragement to groups such as Artistas Modernos de la Argentina [Modern Artists of Argentina] and the Asociación Arte Nuevo [The Association of New Art]. This essay appears in Artistas Abstractos de la Argentina [Abstract Artists of Argentina], a book by Pellegrini, who introduced the concept of Abstraction to Argentina; he explained that it was a way of expressing the change experienced by a cosmic way of seeing. He also pointed out that the artists represented in this book work in different styles — some are Concrete artists, others are exponents of Madí, and still others are independent artists who work in the field of Abstraction — but they all seek a similar goal of purity in their media and discipline in the execution of their work. A variety of opinions on the subject, written by other artists, can be found in: La conquista de la invención concreta [The conquest of concrete invention] (# 742729), Las tendencias estéticas actuales y sus realizaciones plásticas [Current aesthetic trends and their expression in the visual arts] (r # 742569), and En la escultura madí, además del valor plástico [In Madi sculpture, in addition to its value in terms of visual art] (# 742564).This material was selected because it documents the artist’s opinions on the elements that influence his poetic art.