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Roberto Pignataro

Informalist Artist from 20th Century Argentina
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Art & The City
Mar 22, 2025
Exhibitions
Art & The City
Mar 22, 2025
Exhibitions

In 1965, Roberto Pignataro staged a retrospective exhibition in downtown Buenos Aires—but this was not the typical gallery-based event one would expect from this era. Several unconventional elements set this event apart, making it a compelling subject for closer examination.

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Mar 22, 2025
Exhibitions
A Story Most Minimal
Mar 10, 2025
Books
A Story Most Minimal
Mar 10, 2025
Books

In 1974, Roberto Pignataro unveiled his third and final artistic publication, ‘A Través de Estampas Volume II’ (Through Stamps Vol. II). Featuring nine sequential abstractions—or "stamps"—this booklet takes the viewer on a unique journey, led by its animated compositions and the intriguing visual narrative that unfolds with each turn of the page.

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Mar 10, 2025
Books
The Miami MoMA Exhibition
Jul 20, 2024
Exhibitions
The Miami MoMA Exhibition
Jul 20, 2024
Exhibitions

This article set out to explore the origins and career impact Roberto Pignataro's 1970 exhibition at the Miami Museum of Modern Art. However, it inadvertently uncovered a different story: the gripping saga of two men from distant corners of the globe, Roberto Pignataro fronm Argentina and Bernard Davis from the US, striving to organize an international art show as they grapple with the fallout from a catastrophic incident.

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Jul 20, 2024
Exhibitions
The Art of Abstract Storytelling
Dec 27, 2023
Books
The Art of Abstract Storytelling
Dec 27, 2023
Books

In 1968, Roberto Pignataro defied convention with 'A Través de Estampas' (Through Stamps), an artistic book introducing the concept of abstract storytelling. This article delves into the origins of this idea, the book production, and the historical backdrop of 1960s Argentina in which it was conceived.

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Dec 27, 2023
Books
Roberto Pignataro, Vorticism and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
May 19, 2023
Art School
Roberto Pignataro, Vorticism and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
May 19, 2023
Art School

A rambling examination of a series of intriguing art school drawings by Roberto Pignataro and a potential connection with Vorticism and German Expressionist cinema.

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May 19, 2023
Art School
Abstraction Under the Lens
Jun 25, 2022
Books
Abstraction Under the Lens
Jun 25, 2022
Books

In 1972, Roberto Pignataro self-published his second artistic book entitled, “En Slides Color.”, a pocket-sized album containing sixteen 35mm slides of “projectable” abstract collages. Here is the story behind this peculiar art project.

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Jun 25, 2022
Books
Small Windows into Deep Mindscapes
Sep 18, 2021
Exhibitions
Small Windows into Deep Mindscapes
Sep 18, 2021
Exhibitions

Between 1962 and 1967, Pignataro created several series of miniature abstractions. What led him to adopt and embrace this curious format?

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Sep 18, 2021
Exhibitions
Scenes of Destruction
Sep 4, 2021
Exhibitions
Scenes of Destruction
Sep 4, 2021
Exhibitions

This article revisits a violent episode in Argentine history—the 1955 bombing of Plaza de Mayo—and explores whether echoes of that trauma, however obliquely, might be reflected in a series of abstract works Roberto Pignataro exhibited eight years later.

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Sep 4, 2021
Exhibitions
The "LRA Radio Nacional" Art Contest
Jun 5, 2021
Exhibitions, Art School
The "LRA Radio Nacional" Art Contest
Jun 5, 2021
Exhibitions, Art School

A brief account of Roberto Pignataro’s first time showing his artwork in a public setting in November 1957 during an art competition organized by popular radio station “LRA Radio Nacional”

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Jun 5, 2021
Exhibitions, Art School
 

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Roberto Pignataro was an Argentine Informalist artist. This website showcases his life's work and explores the historical context, experiences, and cultural environment that shaped his career.

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“go to the artwork… she was placed there hoping I would tell you…” -Unknown.

“go to the artwork… she was placed there hoping I would tell you…” -Unknown.

 

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