Antonio Berni : Juanito and Ramona / by Mari Carmen Ramírez and Marcelo E. Pacheco ; with essays by Guillermo David, Andrea Giunta, Héctor Olea, Marcelo E. Pacheco, Mari Carmen Ramírez and Michael Wellen ; edited by Héctor Olea and Mari Carmen Ramírez.
"Argentinian figurative artist Antonio Berni (1905-1981) is known for his aesthetic originality and for art steeped in social commentary. In the 1950s, he inaugurated a series of works that documented the lives of two fictional characters, Juanito Laguna and Ramona Montiel. Through the stories...
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Houston, Texas :
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
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Table of Contents:
- Juanito Laguna and Ramona Montiel, Two Extinct Creations / Marcelo E. Pacheco
- Berni and His Reality without "isms" / Hector Olea
- Antonio Berni's Savage Mind: Social Lyricism, Dreamlike Kitsch, and Technical Innovation / Guillermo David
- Ramona Lives Her Life / Andrea Giunta
- Juanito and Ramona in Paris: Everyday Myths or Third-World Icons? /Mari Carmen Ramirez
- Reaching New Jersey: Antonio Berni in the United States / Michael Wellen
- Plates
- Period Texts
- Chronology of Juanito and Ramona, 1959-1980 /Victoria Giraudo and Ines Berni.