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Gregorio Vardanega

Gregorio Vardanega (1923 - 2007) was active/lived in Argentina, France.  Gregorio Vardanega is known for Op art, installations, chromocinetism, acrylic glass, kinetic sculpture.

Gregorio Vardanega (21 March 1923 – 7 October 2007) was an artist of Italian origins who worked in Argentina and France. Vardanega and Martha Boto, his companion, created the term "chromocinetism" to describe their artistic research.

Vardanega was born in Possagno, Italy.

Vardanega's family migrated to Argentina when he was three years old. He attended the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires from 1939 to 1946.

In 1946 Vardanega began working in acrylic glass, and also produced structures using overlapping wires.

Through the 1950s he experimented with kinetic art, constructing artworks moving and rotating at irregular intervals, which produced abstract patterns through lighting, reflections and shadows.

His first kinetic piece using an electric motor was exhibited in the gallery of the Estimulo de Bellas Artes in October 1957.

In 1959 Vardanega moved to Paris, where he met the Argentinian artist Martha Boto. They maintained contact   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1576 characters.]  Artist bio

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