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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.
1985
With his parents and brother Roberto,
Buenos Aires, 1985
Buenos Aires, 1985
He sends Icarus, silverpoint on paper, and Adam, sanguine, silverpoint and acrylic paint, to the show Dibujos de escultores (Drawings by sculptors), held in Museo Eduardo Sívori in Buenos Aires, which is then exhibited at the Museo Municipal de Arte “Ángel María Rosa” in Junín.
He takes part in Expresiones en el espacio (Expressions in space), held in Fundación Banco Patricios in Buenos Aires, with Nude. The same elsewhere. As well, he takes part in En dos y tres dimensiones, pintura, escultura y fotografía (In two and three dimensions, painting, sculpture and photography), at Ruth Benzacar gallery.
He creates Up to a Point II, a sculpture inspired in Van Gogh’s painting that represents a wooden and straw chair, part of the humble furniture in his bedroom in Arles. It is a meaningful moment in the artist’s life; it is the time in which he suffers a nervous breakdown that leads him to cut part of one of his ears after a disagreement with Gauguin. Distéfano’s work places the character in an unstable position, staggering while trying to hold
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