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Juan Carlos
Distéfano
by
Adriana Lauria and Enrique Llambías
January 2003
Bibliographic reference of this dossier
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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.
 
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solution that I should have thought of right from the start: to put two more poles, in the upright position, that held the diagonal with their respective cable. And when I saw it, I said to myself: ‘This looks like a crucifixion.’
[...] I am agnostic, but what can I say, that crucifixion was there. It’s not that I tried to do it, but I did somehow. Afterwards, of course, the sculpture provokes different interpretations. And I added a text (on the kite) to that crucifixion, which is a fragment of Cansancio, a poem by Oliverio Girondo, published in La Masmédula, 1956.” Nota 25
He takes part in Otro mirar. Arte contemporáneo argentino (Another glance. Contemporary Argentine art) organised by painter María Helguera and Catalan Luisa Ortínez which takes place at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires during the month of April, and at the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica in Barcelona, from June to August. The show, which covered the time between the 60’s and present day, emphasised the artists’ perspective on reality, with a socio-political slant. Apart from Distéfano’s –whose set was formed by The bathroom. Tribute to Roberto Páez, The Insatiable One, Under the Other’s Skin and The little truck from Dock Sud– there were also works by Antonio Berni, Jorge de la Vega, Norberto Gómez, Víctor Grippo, Luis Fernando Benedit, Luis Felipe Noé, Pablo Suárez, Roberto Elía, Marcia Schvartz, Marcos López, and Adriana Lestido. The catalogue included texts by Jorge Glusberg, Nelly
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