Catalogue cover of the exhibition J. C. Distéfano. Esculturas y dibujos, Artemúltiple gallery, 1976

of the artistic happenings of the year. For this occasion, he presents Fist, Head and The Mute I. He also presents Yellow –work that he started in Italy– and Smoke. He includes Figure Lying Down –purchased by the journalist Ariel Delgado– which real title is Procedure, modified for this occasion to avoid its explicit meaning, due to the dangerous political context the country was in Spider’s Web, The bathroom– inspired by the homonymous by Prilidiano Pueyrredón to which Distéfano gives the subtitle “Tribute to Roberto Páez”, being this artist the one who suggested that he address this issue– and The Dried Peach Always Falls Face up that includes features of Egyptian art, completed the set.

This last piece makes a sarcastic reference to the then Minister of Economy of the Dictatorship, José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, famous for his big ears. As it alludes to a character that is always in good standing, the artist builds a dummy which, having a weight at the base, always straightens up. The thistles that contextualize the figure show the relationship he has with