León Ferrari
Untitled, 2005, Mixed media, 28⅜ x 19⅞ in. 72 x 50,5 cm.
Sangre, 2002, China ink, 17 x 12¼ in. 43 x 31 cm.
Untitled 4/78, 1978, China ink, 11 x 7½ in. 27,8 x 18,8 cm.
Untitled 31/12/78, 1978, China ink, 8¾ x 6¼ in. 22,4 x 15,7 cm.
Instalación en la catedral 24/12/02, 2002, Blue ink, 15¾ x 11 in. 40 x 28 cm.
La recuerdo cuando llegaba "Shen Yue", 2000, China ink, 11¾ x 8¼ in. 29,7 x 21 cm.
Barrio, 1980, Heliograph, 42¼ x 97 in. 107 x 242,5 cm.
Toilette, 1982, Heliograph, 39⅜ x 39⅜ in. 100 x 100 cm.
Espiral, 1983, Heliograph, 23⅝ x 23⅝ in.60 x 60 cm.
Planta, 1980, Heliograph, 37 x 37 in. 94 x 94 cm.
Pasarela, 1981, Heliograph, 42 x 62 in. 106 x 158 cm.
León Ferrari in his Sao Paulo studio, ca.1980
León Ferrari accepting the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award, Venice Biennale, 2007
León Ferrari
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. presents "MEET THE ARTIST" Video Series: León Ferrari, 2020, Video - Original language: English
b. 1920, Buenos Aires, Argentina – d. 2013, Buenos Aires
Recognized for his unique oeuvre which blends art with politics, drawing with sculpture, and concept with form, León Ferrari is today regarded as one of the most important Latin American artists of the second half of the twentieth century.
Although he began his career in Argentina pursuing parallel interests in art and engineering (an influence which can be observed in the structural emphasis of much of his work), Ferrari first started exhibiting ceramic sculptures in the 1950s. From this point of origin, his artistic experiments expanded over the decades to include film, drawings, found objects, and hanging sculptures in materials ranging from wire to bones.
Despite the diversity of his artwork, a fascination for language - as a means of communication, as a visual form, and as a metaphor - has permeated Ferrari's career. This is perhaps best observed in his written drawings, which take their departure from written script.
A world-renowned artist, Ferrari's work is included in major museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NY; the Casa de las Americas, Havana; Daros Latin America, Zurich; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. The artist received the prestigious Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award at the Venice Biennale in 2007. In 2009, New York's Museum of Modern Art showed León Ferrari's and Mira Schendel's work in its dual retrospective exhibition, Tangled Alphabets.
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Serie de errores and Works 1962-2007
Gallery exhibition catalogue with essay by Victoria Verlichak, Argentine art critic (Art Nexus, Arte al Día), author (Aizenberg, Marta Traba), and curator. Illustrated chronology, bibliography, 100 pages, 37 color plates, 30 documentary images.
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New York Times Obituary by Douglas Martin
Leon Ferrari on view at MoMa
We are pleased to announce that Leon Ferrari's work is currently being shown at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Remembering León Ferrari
New York Times article:
León Ferrari, Provocative Argentine Conceptual Artist, Dies at 92