Kenneth Kemble
Paisaje suburbano II, 1958

Kenneth Kemble
El rey de los pordioseros,
1960

traced onto the white background, were not the result of a quick gesture without the possibility of rectification. They had only but one ironic relationship with the gestual informalism. These traces came from small fragments of sketches that had been intentionally prepared and selected from a paper window (a technique that Lhote had taught him for picking out a specific part of a picture scene). These fragments were then transferred onto the cloth, suggesting the kinetic action of a giant. With this intention, before the end of 1960, Kemble painted a monumental panel for the International Exposition of the Automobile at the Sociedad Rural Argentina (Rural Association) in Palermo, Buenos Aires. It was a tense and blunt black symbol which measured 16 x 20 meters (destroyed), which simulated a spontaneous gesture of the hand.

Meanwhile during 1960, he worked on a series of pieces with different characteristics. He made collages and assemblages with mistreated materials due to usage, passage of time, rust and rottenness. He also created matter paintings of much chromatic restriction. His interest was centered on the possibilities that different procedures offered as instigators of the imagination.

After exhibiting the “black symbols” on December 21st, 1960, Kemble inaugurated an exhibit of oils at the Lirolay Gallery (1958-1960) and collages (1956-1959). The collages were based on the use of rags, sack-cloths,