Leon ferrari biography
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León Ferrari
Considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Leon Ferrari developed a provocative, enskild oeuvre, structure on experimentation with supports, materials and media. Heir to a surrealist imagination, his practice dialogs with abstraction, pop art, and was a pioneer of conceptualism. Constantly questioning the violence of Latin-American religious dogmatism and authoritarianism, Ferrari’s work fryst vatten a reference in the practice of intertwining art and politics. Persecuted bygd the Argentine military dictatorship, he was exiled to Brazil in the s. After his death in , back in Buenos Aires, Ferrari remains influential, a theme of an ever-growing critical heritage.
La Aimable Cruauté, a wide-ranging retrospective exhibition dedicated to the work of León Ferrari, was presented at Centre Pompidou (Paris, ) and Reina Sofia (Madrid, ). In Brazil, Museu de Arte de São Paulo hosted León Ferrari:Entre Duas Ditaduras in In , the NY MoMA dedicated an exhi
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Was born and has lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Leon Ferrari developed a provocative, singular oeuvre, structure on experimentation with supports, materials and media. Heir to a surrealist imagination, his practice dialogs with abstraction, pop art, and was a pioneer of conceptualism. Constantly questioning the violence of Latin-American religious dogmatism and authoritarianism, Ferrari’s work is a reference in the practice of intertwining art and politics. Persecuted by the Argentine military dictatorship, he was exiled to Brazil in the s. After his death in , back in Buenos Aires, Ferrari remains influential, a theme of an ever-growing critical heritage.
La Aimable Cruauté, a wide-ranging retrospective exhibition dedicated to the work of León Ferrari, was presented at Centre Pompidou (Paris, ) and Reina Sofia (Madrid, ). In Brazil, Museu de Arte de São Paulo h
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León Ferrari
Argentine contemporary conceptual artist
León Ferrari (September 3, – July 25, ) was an Argentine contemporary conceptual artist. During his extended art career (), his artworks often protested the Argentine government, the imperialist west, and the Church.
Ferrari's protest piece "Western and Christian Civilization", which depicted a near life-size Christ hanging crucified on an American fighter jet, attracted controversy when he created it in , and it has been exhibited many times since. Ferrari caused protests against his work throughout his career, including from Pope Francis when he was still Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.
Biography
[edit]Ferrari was born September 3, , in Buenos Aires to Susana Celia del Pardo and Augusto César Ferrari; his father was a well-known painter from San Possidonio, Italy. As a young man, Ferrari studied electrical engineering at the University of Buenos Aires.[1] Ferrari worked as an engineer into his thirties.[