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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.
1999
Distéfano in Quilmes, 1999, show organised by the Centro de Arte Moderno, Quilmes
From 22 January to 7 March, the show Cantos Paralelos (Parallel sides), curated by Mari Carmen Ramírez, is on at the Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art of the Austin University, Texas. The exhibition showcased the parodic undertone in the output of nine contemporary Argentine artists: Antonio Berni, Luis Fernando Benedit, Juan Carlos Distéfano, León Ferrari, Víctor Grippo, Alberto Heredia, Rubén Santantonín, Pablo Suárez, and Jorge de la Vega. Out of a total of 71 works Distéfano exhibits 7: Spider’s Web II, The Mute II, The bathroom, Homage to Roberto Páez, King and Qeen II, Floater II, The Little Truck from Dock Sud II and Icarus II. Accompanied by an important catalogue, the exhibition travels to the Phonex Art Museum, the Biblioteca Centro Cultural Luis Ángel Arango in Bogotá and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, where it arrives in 2000.
Ramírez interprets the artist and his way of working thus:
“[...] a sculptor anchored in the classic tradition, the use of fibre glass establishes an ironic tension between the
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