Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

Hugo Parpagnoli declares that he does not have much to explain about Barbazul [Bluebeard]. Because it is only a story; the public should just go in and have fun. The exhibition evolves over time, like a theatrical play in which the spectator walks [...]

Hugo Parpagnoli introduces Luis Benedit’s exhibition at the Galería Lirolay (Buenos Aires, December, 1964). Parpagnoli describes Benedit’s work in terms of windows that open onto a bright, cheerful world. He claims that, although Benedit has [...]

Aldo Pellegrini presents Luis Benedit’s exhibition Benedit: Pinturas 1966–67 (Galería Rubbers, March–April, 1967), pointing out that this latest production mixes “the wonderful” with humor, achieving images that struggle against [...]

Rafael Squirru introduces Luis Benedit’s exhibition (Galería Lirolay, Buenos Aires, June 1961), noting the similarity between his work and the paintings of the Frenchman, Jean Dubuffet, though it is only as a source of inspiration for his own [...]

The text informs about the curatorial characteristics, artists, and works that are presented at the exhibition organized by the Centro Cultural Recoleta (Buenos Aires), which is sponsored by Página/12 (Buenos Aires), under the title La vuelta [...]

The text contains records of the artists connected to the Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC) [Center of Art and Communication] who participated in the exhibition, Arte de Sistemas II [Systems Art] (Buenos Aires, September 1972). Each record [...]

This document is a catalog of the exhibition El Grupo de los Trece en Arte de Sistemas [The Group of Thirteen in Systems Art] (Buenos Aires: Centro de Arte y Comunicación, December 1972 – March 1973 [...]

[This document is a record] of the works by the artists linked to the Centro de Arte y Comunicación [Center for Art and Communication] (CAyC) who participated in the exhibition Arte de Sistemas [Systems Art] (Buenos Aires: Museo de Arte Moderno, [...]

Catalog for the exhibition De la figuración al arte de sistemas [From Figuration to Systems Art] (Córdoba: Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes Emilio A. Caraffa, August 1970 [...]

This document announces both the opening of the Escultura, follaje y ruidos [Sculpture, foliage, and noise] exhibition in Buenos Aires (Plaza Rubén Darío, November 7–30, 1970), but also its key proposal: to generate urgency for [...]

The author describes and analyzes various works by Luis [Fernando] Benedit in support of his characterization of the artist’s work as an example of social research. The traditional idea of what is considered artistic—a concept that focuses on a [...]

The text informs us about the exhibition El Grupo de los Trece en Arte de Sistemas [The Group of the Thirteen in Systems Art] that took place in Buenos Aires. (Centro de Arte y Comunicación, December, 1972–March, 1973.) In the writing, the “Arte [...]

The text finds the problem of the lack of connection between the “men of reflection (scientists, philosophers, theorists) and “men of action (artists, technicians, planners, operators)” producing, as a result, “thinkers [...]

This text states that the exhibition, Arte de Sistemas [Systems Art] (Buenos Aires, Museo de Arte Moderno, July 1971), contains elements that would “para entretener —o escandalizar— al público […] sirve para medir […] no solo una posición [...]

This text includes a list of the artists who participated in the exhibition, Escultura, follaje y ruidos [Sculpture, Foliage, and Noise] (Buenos Aires, Plaza Rubén, November 7–30, 1970). It also mentions the event sponsor [...]