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Antonio
Berni
by
Adriana Lauria and Enrique Llambías
May 2005
Bibliographic reference of this dossier
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As a commemoration of the birth of Antonio Berni (1905-1981) we offer a broad panorama of his life and his production. Through a thematic study, a chronology and several reproductions and documentary images, we travel across the work of this remarkable creator, one of the most outstanding artists in Argentina and Latin America.
 
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Domingo en la chacra
Domingo en la chacra
 
At Galería del Mar, in Mar del Plata, he displayed paintings and collages from 1945 to 1973, presenting the final version of Domingo en la chacra of 1945. By that time the artist wrote:
“Domingo en la chacra”, a work measuring 200 x 400 cm, begun 25 years ago, partly unfinished, was cast aside in my atelier. I show it now in public with recent retouches to provide the necessary guiding line to understand the present collages with the subject of Juanito Laguna. Pieces of junk, remainders, old packing cases, empty cans, plates in disuse are the environment where Juanito Laguna integrates and is prisoner; between the picture’s subject and the materials there exists a direct relation, so direct as the lace edgings, the flashy nylon and the fake stones in the sophisticated world of Ramona, my other character, scarcely outlined here in some engravings.”
“[…] to conclude I want to emphasize that the line of force throughout my run has been the subject matter, and according to it all the formal and chromatic changes have
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