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GREGORIO VARDÁNEGA
Born in Passagno, Treviso, Italy 1923.
Died in Paris, France in 2007.
Gregorio Vardánega (1923, Passagno, Italia – 2007, París Francia). In 1926, he moved
to Buenos Aires, Argentina. He joined the Concrete Art Group in 1946. He lived in
Europe from 1948 to 1950 where he met Max Bill, Brancusi, Sonia Delaunay, Denise
René, Antoine Pevsner, Michel Seuphor and Vantongerloo. Founding member of the
New Art Association in 1955 and Non Figurative Argentine Artists in 1956. He arrived to
Paris with his wife Martha Boto in 1959, where he lived and worked up to his death in
2007.
He participated in numerous exhibitions, among which are: Dynamo: A Century of Light
and Motion in Art, 1913-2013, RMN – Grand Palais, Paris, France (2013); Constructed
Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric and Kinetic Art from the Latin American Art Collection,
The Museum of Fine Arts - Houston, Texas, USA (2012); Real/Virtual, Arte Cinético
argentino de los años sesenta, Museo Nacional de Bellas artes - Buenos Aires,
Argentina (2012); North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection, The
Museum of Fine Arts – Houston, USA (2009); Lo(s) cinético(s), Museo Nacional Centro
de Arte Reina Sofía - Madrid, Spain (2007); Escultura-Objeto, Museo de Arte Moderno
de Buenos Aires (MAMBA) - Buenos Aires, Argentina (2005); L’OEil moteur-Art optique
et cinétique, 1950- 1975, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS) Strasbourg, France (2005); Moving Parts, Forms of the kinetic, Museum Tinguely Basilea, Suiza (2004); Arte Abstracto Argentino, Fundación PROA - Buenos Aires,
Argentina (2003); Denise René: L’intrépide, Musée national d’art moderne, Centre
Georges Pompidou - Paris, France (2001); Art Construit, art cinétique d’Amérique
Latine, Galerie Denise René - Paris, France (1992); Electra, Musée d’art Moderne de la
Ville de Paris - Paris, France (1983); L’Amerique Latine a París, Grand Palais París –
Paris, France (1982); Galería Denise René - Paris, France (1969); Structures, lumiere et
movement, Galerie Denise René - Paris, France (1967); Centro de Artes Visuales del
Instituto Torcuato Di Tella - Buenos Aires, Argentina (1965); Mouvement 2, Galerie
Denise René - Paris, France (1964); L’Art latino- américain, Musée d’art moderne de la
Ville de Paris – Paris, France (1963); Médaille d’Or, L’Art visual en Argentine, Exposition
universelle et internationale, Brussels World Fair - Brussels, Belgium (1958); IV Pao
Paulo Biennial - Brazil (1957); Estímulo Gallery - Buenos Aires, Argentina (1956).
His works are in the following public collections: Museum of Fine Arts Houston Houston, Texas, USA; Recklinghausen Museum - Recklinghausen, Germany; Museo
Nacional de Bellas Artes - Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de
Buenos Aires (MALBA) - Buenos Aires, Argentina; Centro de Artes Visuales del Instituto
Torcuato Di Tella - Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo de Arte Contemporáneo
Latinoamericano (MACLA) - La Plata, Argentina; Heide Museum of Modern Art Melbourne, Australia; Museu de Arte Moderna de Río de Janeiro - Brazil; Musée d’Art
Moderne de la Ville - Paris, France; Fonds National d’Art Contemporain - Paris, France;
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou - Paris, France; Tel-Aviv
Museum of Art - Tel-Aviv, Israel; Rembrandt van Rijn Foundation - The Cape, South
Africa; Kemper Museum - Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Cisneros Fontanals Art
Foundation (CIFO), - Miami, Florida, USA; Museum of geometric and MADI art - Dallas,
Texas, USA; among other. Died in Paris in 2007.
Education
1946
National Academy of Fine Arts – Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2014
Líneas maestras. Del Infinito Gallery – Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Turn me On: European and Latin American Kinetic Art 1948-1979. Christie’s Mayfair –
London, UK.
2013
Dimensional. Del Infinito Gallery – Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sneak Peak. Del Infinito Gallery – Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Dynamo: A Century of Light and Motion in Art, 1913-2013, RMN - Grand Palais - Paris,
France.
2012
Constructed Dialogues: Concrete, Geometric, and Kinetic Art from the Latin American
Art Collection. The Museum of Fine Arts - Houston, Texas, USA.
2009
North Looks South: Building the Latinamerican Art Collection, Museum of Fine Arts –
Houston, Texas, USA.
2007
Lo[s] Cinético[s]. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía - Madrid, Spain.
2006
Contact: Le cyber-cosmos de Boto et Vardanega. Sicardi Gallery - Houston, Texas,
USA.
Kinetische Kunst: Ver-rückte Ansichten. Städtisches Museum Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
2005
Escultura – Objeto. Museo de Arte Moderno Buenos Aires (MAMBA) - Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
L’Œil moteur - Art optique et cinétique, 1950 – 1975. Musée d'Art Moderne et
Contemporain (MAMCS) - Estrasburgo, France.
2004
Moving Parts, Forms of the Kinetic. Museum Tinguely - Basel, Swisse.
Participation in Biennials
1954
IV Sao Paulo Biennial – Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Public and Private Collections
Museum of Fine Arts – Houston, Texas, USA.
Recklinghausen Museum – Recklinghausen, Germany.
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano (MALBA) – Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Centro de Artes Visuales del Instituto Torcuato di Tella – Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Latinoamericano (MACLA) – La Plata, Argentina
Heide Museum of Modern Art – Melbourne, Australia.
Museu de Arte Moderna de Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville – Paris, France.
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain – Paris, France.
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou – Paris, France.
Tel-Aviv Museum of Art – Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Rembrandt van Rijn Foundation – The Cape, South Africa.
Milwaukee Art Museum – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Kemper Museum – Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) – Miami, Florida, USA.
Museum of Geometric and MADI art – Dallas, Texas, USA.
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