Roberto Pignataro

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.

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.

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

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.

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

This article examines Roberto Pignataro’s most expressionist exhibition in the context of the political violence that characterized mid-century Argentina.