Exhibition Period - Collections

1960-1982: The Exhibition Period

Roberto Pignataro was an Argentine Informalist artist. He became very active in the Buenos Aires art scene in the late 1950s, producing up to two exhibitions per year until the mid-1980s when he retired.

During this period, Pignataro developed distinctive forms of abstraction, which he commonly materialized as mixed media compositions including oil painting, paper collage, assemblage, and other techniques.

His exhibitions were typically held at traditional art venues in downtown Buenos Aires, including“Galería J. Peuser”, “Galería Van Riel”, “Galería Lirolay” and “Asociación Estímulo de Bellas Artes”. He also experimented with less conventional venues, such as pop-up exhibits at galleria malls and self-publishing abstract books.

Pignataro’s artistic trajectory spanned four decades, including:

LRA Radio Nacional art contest (1957)

Twenty-seven solo art exhibitions (1959-1982)

Two collective art shows: "Los Pintores Argentinos en LRA Radio Nacional“ (1958) and “Collages” (1982)

Three self-published art books (1968, 1972, 1974)

One international exhibition at the Miami Museum of Modern Art, USA (1970).

A total of 400 original art pieces exhibited, often at historical Buenos Aires art venues such as Galería Lirolay, Galería Van Riel, and Salón J. Peuser.

One original collage and copies of two of his art books were acquired by the permanent collection of the Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art.

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Archival Material and Photos

The galleries below present collections of photos, slides, promotional material, newspapers clips, personal notes, transcripts, etc. that Roberto Pignataro preserved from his art exhibitions. The galleries are updated frequently as new archival material is found and catalogued.
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