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Norberto
Gómez
Gómez
by
Adriana Lauria and Enrique Llambías
March 2006
March 2006
This dossier covers forty years of Norberto Gómez’s work, from his minimalist constructions of 1966 and 1967 to the anti-monuments he produced in polyester and bronze in the nineties. In between, his series of “guts”, organic remains, weapons and “plasters” punctuate a long career that has enriched the Argentine art scene.
2000
Angel II, 1994
The Cámara Argentina de la Industria Plástica invites him to take part in Plástica por plásticos (“Art by Artists”) at the Predio Ferial de Palermo. The show opens in April in honour of Berni, Fontana, Hlito, Kemble and Víctor Magariños D.; other participants are Badíi, Brizzi, Delmonte, Distéfano, Gamarra, García Uriburu, Heras Velasco, Iommi, Kosice, Melé, Minujín, Mac Entyre, Noé, Paksa, Pérez Celis, Ferruccio Polacco, Polesello, Puente, Robirosa and Testa.
The October issue of the international art magazine Lápiz features an article, “Alegorías de la violencia” (“Allegories of Violence”), by the Argentine critic Jorge López Anaya, which discusses his work at length; it has illustrations –two of them in full-page– of four pieces made between 1979 and 1999.
Also in April, a one-man show opens at the Ruth Benzacar gallery, which includes drawings and twenty-four sculptures made between 1992 and 2000. Bronzes predominate, although Gómez also shows works in polyester resin imitating metal or stone. The exhibition is very well received, and he is praised for
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