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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.
2002
formulations of Edgardo Vigo, Juan Pablo Renzi, León Ferrari, Margarita Paksa, Noemí Escandell, Marie Orensanz, Juan Carlos Romero, Víctor Grippo, Horacio Zabala, among others.
Between 28 September and 21 October, his work Floater is included in Ay país nuestro (Oh, our country), an exhibition curated by Luis Felipe Noé at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, as part of the activities promoted by the association Movimiento Argentina Resiste (MAR, Argentine Movement Resists). With the participation of Carlos Alonso, Mildred Burton, Ricardo Carpani, Elda Cerrato, Claudia Contreras, Diana Dowek, Fermín Eguía, Roberto Elía, León Ferrari, Roxana Fuertes, Norberto Gómez, Carlos Gorriarena, Grupo Escombros, Eduardo Iglesias Brickles, Ricardo Longhini, Adolfo Nigro, Daniel Ontiveros, Margarita Paksa, Roberto Páez, Cristina Piffer, Juan Carlos Romero, Hermenegildo Sábat, Oscar Smoje, Horacio Zabala, Mireya Baglietto, GAC, Grupo Etcétera, Marcelo Brodsky, Adriana Lestido, Crist, Fontanarrosa, Carlos Nine and Rep, among others, the show included paintings, photographs, sculptures, and performance art of the previous 25 years with a clear political slant. It was a kind of amplified response to the exhibition Arte y política en los 60 at the Palais de Glace.
Apropos of these exhibitions and of the link between art and politics Distéfano states:
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