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CARLOS LUIS “Pajita” GaRcia Bes

 

ARTIST STATEMENT

Pajita Garcia Bes is one of the pioneers in the study and dissemination of tapestry and textile art.

He was one of the emergent figures of the international interest in Latin American cultures of the sixties, making important exhibitions in Paris and other European cities in the early seventies.

This shift revisited the modernist canon through the inclusion of non-Western imagery.


  • Carlos Luis “Pajita” García Bes

    1914-1978. Salta, Argentina

    EDUCATION

    1938 Professor of Drawing at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, Prilidiano Pueyrredon, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    1942 Ernesto de la Cárcova Superior School of Painting; Buenos Aires, Argentina

    1943 Travel Grant for studies and research, Fondo Nacional de las Artes. Trip to Argentina, Bolivia, Peru and Paraguay

    TEACHING

    1946 Sets up his studio in Salta, Argentina

    1948 Teaches at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán with Lino Eneas Spilimbergo

    1950-56 Founded and directed the Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes Tomás Cabrera

    EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

    2018 Museo Casa Arias Rengel, Salta, Argentina

    1972 Galería Van Riel de Buenos Aires.

    1973 Galerie Frederic Bazille, Paris, Francia

    1977 Palace Rihour, Lille, Francia

    Argentine Pavilion, Cité Universitaire, París, Francia

    Galería de Arte de l´ Empereur, Paris, Francia

    Instituto Argentino de Cultura de Bonn, Alemania

    1978 Retrospective Exhibition, Galería Martina Céspedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    1979 Fundación del Museo de Artes Visuales de Animaná, Salta, Argentina

    Retrospective Exhibition at Museo Arqueológico de Salta, Argentina

    Salón Nacional de tapices, Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación Argentina

    BIBLIOGRAPHY

    Faccaro, Rosa, Arte textil argentino hoy [Argentina Textil Art Today], Buenos Aires, Ed. Beutespacher Srl., 1986

    Catalog, Tribute Series of the Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes to Carlos García Bes and Carmen Martorell

    Comisión Bicameral Examinadora de Obras de Autores Salteños, Noviembre 1988.

    Catalogue- Petroglyph of Salta, Carlos Luis García Bes, Blanca Pastor y Alberto Rex González.

    https://www.artedelaargentina.com.ar/disciplinas/artista/pintura/carlos-luis-garcia-bes

    PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

    Museo de Bellas Artes and Museo de arte Contemporáneo de Salta, Argentina