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| Antonio Seguí | |
|---|---|
| Name | Antonio Seguí |
| Birth date | 11 January 1934 |
| Birth place | Córdoba, Argentina |
| Death date | 26 February 2022 |
| Death place | Paris, France |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Occupation | Painter, printmaker, sculptor, illustrator |
Antonio Seguí Antonio Seguí was an Argentine painter, printmaker, sculptor, and illustrator whose career spanned Latin American modernism, European avant-garde circuits, and international biennials. Working between Buenos Aires and Paris, Seguí engaged with urban modernity, political turbulence, and diasporic networks across Argentina, France, Spain, Mexico, the United States, Italy, Germany, Japan, and Brazil during the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Seguí was born in Córdoba and spent formative years amid Argentine cultural institutions such as the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), and the artistic milieu of Buenos Aires. He trained at local ateliers and encountered figures from the Tucumán Arde period, the generation influenced by Jorge Luis Borges, Victoria Ocampo, and institutions like the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella. Early contacts included visits to exhibitions at the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires and exchanges with artists associated with the Grupo Espartaco, the Asociación de Amigos del Arte (Buenos Aires), and educators linked to the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes.
Seguí established his practice in Buenos Aires before moving to Paris in the 1960s, where he joined circles connected to galleries such as Galerie Maeght, Galerie Denise René, and institutions like the Centre Pompidou and the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. He exhibited in Latin American venues including the Museo de Arte Moderno de Río de Janeiro, the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, and the Museo de Arte Moderno de México. Seguí participated in major international events such as the Venice Biennale, the São Paulo Art Biennial, the Documenta network, and the Helsinki Art Biennale while showing in commercial galleries across New York City, London, Madrid, Tokyo, Milan, and Berlin. His collaborations spanned print workshops like Taller de Gráfica Popular and publishers associated with the Editorial Sudamericana and the Fondo de Cultura Económica.
Seguí's imagery fused caricature, figuration, and urban reportage, evoking scenes linked to Buenos Aires promenades, Parisian boulevards, and transatlantic migration narratives. His recurrent motifs included solitary figures, crowded processions, hats, and lampposts that dialogued with traditions from Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Themes intersected with political contexts such as the Dirty War, Argentine exile communities, and debates tied to the Peronism era, while engaging with literary currents represented by Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and critics from Clarín. His graphic practice referenced techniques used by Francis Bacon, Willem de Kooning, and Jean Dubuffet and linked to printmakers from Mexico City like Rufino Tamayo and José Luis Cuevas.
Seguí's solo and group shows featured institutions including the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Buenos Aires), Museo Tamayo, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Serralves, Fundación Proa, Museo Picasso Málaga, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Kunsthalle Basel, Tate Modern, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and the Museum of Modern Art circuits. Critics in publications such as Le Monde, The New York Times, El País, La Nación, and Artforum reviewed his retrospectives, while curators from the Museo Reina Sofía, Centro Cultural Recoleta, and the Instituto Cervantes organized thematic surveys. He participated in curated exhibitions alongside artists like Antonio Berni, Xul Solar, Lygia Clark, Hélio Oiticica, Anselm Kiefer, and Roy Lichtenstein at festivals and fairs including Art Basel, Frieze, and the Bienal de São Paulo.
Seguí received national and international recognition including prizes and appointments from institutions such as the Consejo Nacional de las Artes, the Ministerio de Cultura de la Nación (Argentina), the Académie des Beaux-Arts (France), and honors linked to cultural diplomacy programs at the Alliance Française. He was granted retrospectives and distinctions by foundations like the Fundación Telefónica, Fundación Arteba, and municipal awards from Córdoba (Argentina), as well as fellowships connected to the Institut Français and cultural exchange grants from the British Council and the Instituto de Cultura Hispánica.
Seguí's work influenced contemporary artists across Argentina, France, Spain, Brazil, and Mexico and is held in collections at the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the Centre Pompidou, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Tate Modern, the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), the Guggenheim Museum, and numerous university and municipal collections. His visual lexicon informed discussions in scholarship from departments at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, the Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and curatorial programs at the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona. Seguí's drawings, prints, and public sculptures continue to appear in exhibitions, biennials, academic conferences, and auction records maintained by houses such as Sotheby's, Christie's, and regional salerooms, sustaining his presence in studies of 20th-century Latin American and European art histories.
Category:Argentine painters Category:1934 births Category:2022 deaths