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Juan Carlos
Distéfano
Distéfano
by
Adriana Lauria and Enrique Llambías
January 2003
January 2003
The dossier on Juan Carlos Distéfano spans from the time of his beginnings
as a painter to his recent works as a sculptor, a first for the CVAA. It covers
over forty years of his work and his commitment to art and reality. A special section offers a view on his work as a graphic designer, which he carried out mostly at the Di Tella Institute.
as a painter to his recent works as a sculptor, a first for the CVAA. It covers
over forty years of his work and his commitment to art and reality. A special section offers a view on his work as a graphic designer, which he carried out mostly at the Di Tella Institute.
1977
Distéfano family, Barcelona, 1977
done until that moment, personal artistic belongings that could help him settle down and, above all, to continue his work in a strange place. 
He sets up his atelier close to Tibidabo. In spite of the grief caused by the exile and the situation the country is going through, it is a time of much creativity and research. Romantic Catalan sculpture will be the object of his investigation.
He travels around Spain, France and Italy. During this time, he makes a larger version of King and Queen, in which the references to Egyptian statuary are maintained. He also produces On a Road l, Self-portrait, Yellow Head, Jump and two versions of Icarus in different positions. These works have their counterparts in fine drawings, most times as previous studies and, in some occasions, parallel to the sculptures as later plastic reflections that give privilege to some aspect of the figure.
