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Arte Nuevo de la Argentina = New Art of Argentina
1964This is from the catalogue of the Nuevo Arte de la Argentina [New Art of Argentina] exhibition (Buenos Aires: Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, February 18 through March 8, 1964). The document explains that the goal of the exhibition was to present, in [...]ICAA Record ID: 753895 -
Panoplia de prodigios
1963In this text, critic Aldo Pellegrini points out that Rogelio Polesello’s work has begun moving away from an initial tendency toward pure formal spectacle and, now, is approaching the search for spontaneous gesture, although a peculiar sense of [...]ICAA Record ID: 744565 -
Polesello encuentra a Polesello
1961Luis Felipe Noé considers the critic’s function to be the comprehension of the “artistic will” of an artwork, without positing a value judgment. The aforementioned act of understanding requires something of intuition. Noé offers an example, [...]ICAA Record ID: 740715 -
Se entregaron los premios Georges Braque y hubo algunas manifestaciones de protesta y detenciones
1968This article reports on the awards ceremony for the 1968 Braque Prize (sponsored by the French embassy in Argentina). It was interrupted by the actions of “a group of painters and poets” that were members of the Frente Antiimperialista de [...]ICAA Record ID: 761509 -
These paintings grow on you
1960Favorable critique of the works of ModestCuixart Tàpies, an artist from Barcelona who according to Kenneth Kemble required careful observation for their understanding, due to a certain intensity, refinement, and ambiguity. On the other hand, he [...]ICAA Record ID: 740776 -
Una singular iniciativa
1966Rafael Squirru writes about a project for the company Fiat Concord—railcar maker—to incorporate art into its wagons. He maintains that Argentina is experiencing a moment of liberation of creative energies. Squirru is pointing out the importance [...]ICAA Record ID: 763662