León Ferrari

(Argentine, 1920–2013)

destino (destiny), 1982/2008 by león ferrari

León Ferrari

Destino (Destiny), 1982/2008, 1982

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cuadrado (square), 1983/2008 by león ferrari

León Ferrari

Cuadrado (Square), 1983/2008, 1983

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crece (it grows), 1983/2008 by león ferrari

León Ferrari

Crece (It grows), 1983/2008, 1983

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escritura (writing) by león ferrari

León Ferrari

Escritura (Writing), 1982–2008

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autopista del sur (southern highway) by león ferrari

León Ferrari

Autopista del Sur (Southern Highway), 1982

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Biography

Timeline

1920
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1938 - 1947
Studied engeneering at Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires.
1958 - 1959
Worked with Fernando Birri on the filmproduction 'La primera fundación de Buenos Aires', based on one of Oscar (Oski) Contis paintings and inspired by a 16th century German text by Enrico Schmidel
1965
Was invited to take part at Premio Nacional (Nationalprize) of Instituto Di Tella
1967
Palabras ajenas (The Words of Others), a literarily collage which has been adapted by Leopold Mahler for a play
1976
Exil in Brazil
1991
Returned to Buenos Aires, Argentina
2007
Received the golden lion of the 52. Biennial of Venice
Works and lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Exhibitions

2011
TRA. EDGE OF BECOMING, Palazzo Fortuny, 54. Biennial Venice 2011, Italy
Fluiten in het Donker, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I Am Still Alive: Politics and Everyday Life in Contemporary Drawing, MoMA, new York, USA
Radical Shift. Politische und soziale Umbrüche in der Kunst Argentiniens seit den 60er Jahren", Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Gebaute Vision - Abstrakte und konkrete Kunst aus Lateinamerika, Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich, Switzerland
ON Line: Drawing Through the Twenieth Century, MoMA, New York, USA
DAS POTOSÍ-PRINZIP, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
León Ferrari, Haunch of Venison, New York, USA (solo)
The Potosí Principle. How shall we sing the Lord´s song in a strange land?, Museo Reina Sophia, Madrid, Spain
ANIMISM, Extra City Antwerpen, Kunsthalle Bern, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium

Public Collections

UECLAA - University of Essex, Colchester, UK
Museo de Arte Moderno en México, México City, Mexico
Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Bronx Museum for the Arts, New York, USA
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, USA
Daros Exhibition, Zürich, Switzerland
Fundación Cisneros, New York und Caracas, USA / Venezuela
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA