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A panorama of the
20th Century
20th Century
by
Adriana Lauria and Enrique Llambías
January 2003
January 2003
This page offers a panorama of Argentine visual art during the 20 th Century. It comprises a brief overview across the period through twelve paradigmatic works, a chronology which shows the main artistic events of the period and a scheme presenting the various groups and trends supported by illustrations.
Edgardo Vigo
El ciclista oprimido
(The oppressed cyclist)
1975
El ciclista oprimido
(The oppressed cyclist)
1975
1975
Conceptual artist Edgardo Vigo, who introduces visual poetry and Mail Art in Argentina, transforms his work El ciclista comprimido (The compressed cyclist) into El ciclista oprimido (The oppressed cyclist), changing its significance according to the political difficulties prevailing in the country.
Liliana Porter begins her Magritte Series (photo-engravings and aquatints) in which she takes the work of the Belgian surrealist and continues experimenting with reality and illusion. Living in New York since 1964, in 1965 she founds, together with Luis Camnitzer and José Guillermo Castillo, the New York Graphic Workshop, an experimental techniques workshop which aims at extending the means and scope of the graphical arts and to make them an instrument for conceptual proposals.
