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Juan Barletta
About
Juan Barletta
Date of birth: 07/30/74
Buenos Aires - Argentina
These paintings reflect a futuristic pop vision.
these portraits generic women are influenced by promotional imagery, the homogenization that the ideal of beauty advertising contemporary mercantilist system imposed on us, where only the "photogenic" as the mass media show us, deserves our attention.
The exotic colors, sleek hair with a certain artificiality connotes an exaggeration of perfect beauty that exudes the glamorous.
Often in his work, puts on trial capitalist critique, his "skinny" models of skin as smooth and shiny as plastic, they pose as frivolous figures of empty souls. The fatal women that he portraits are a " homogenization" of the beauty business, a science fiction production of globalization.
His work propose ambiguity and contradiction through linguistic movements.
Disparate times and styles are blended and repel at the same time in a simple visual structure that creates doubt and diversity of languages.
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- Location
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Website
- http://www.juanbarletta.com
Biography
Personal Data
Born the 30 of July of 1974 at Buenos Aires and spent his childhood at Neuquen.
Since he was a little boy he was interesting in drawing and with the encouragement of his parents he developed artistic skills. By the time he was a young man he was captivated by painting and keeps being his passion till these days.
Academic background
He studied drawing and painting at Neuquens Provincial School of Arts.
He has graduate education in Graphic design at the University of Buenos Aires since the year 2000.
Although he has been being a self- taught artist in the year 2005 he made an art classes with Elsa Soiblman an art teacher and painter.
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Portfolio
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Events & Exhibitions
Events
2010 - Grouped artist's exhibition at Warehouse 45 - 45a Monsell Road - London
2010 - Grouped artist's exhibition at Abnormal Nudes at Abnormals Gallery - Poznan - Poland
2010 -Selcted to "Premio Estímulo Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires " PINTURA 2010
2010 - Artist of the gallery Memmi (130 rue du Saint-Honoré F) Paris, France.
2009 – Participation in the International Contemporary Art Fair Art Elysées 2009.
2009 - Fundación Williams touring exhibition Provincia de BsAs, Chaco, Río Negro and Uruguay
2008 - Grouped artist's exhibition at Centro Cultural Borges, december 2008
2008 - Selcted to "Premio Fundación Williams de Arte Jóven " Painting
2008 - Third Prize " Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires award " PAINTING september - Argentina.
2008– Grouped artist's exhibition at Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2007 – Grouped artist's exhibition Inauguration at Masottatorres gallery México 459 - San Telmo. Buenos Aires - Argentina
2007 – Individual exhibition “Cirugía Plástica” Centro Cultural “La Máscara Constitución 250 - Rafaela . Provincia de Santa Fe
2007 – Individual exhibition “Cirugía Plástica” Crimson gallery. Acuña de Figueroa 1800
2007 – Grouped artist's exhibition “Woman Portrait ” Crimson gallery. Acuña de Figueroa 1800
2006 – Invited to show in grouped exhibition in The Brick Lane Gallery, 196 Brick Lane, London, E1 6SA . The exhibition brings together work by six male artists all exploring the figurative portrait with a concern for distortion and deformation.
2006– Grouped artist's exhibition at Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2006 - Selcted to "Premio Estímulo Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires " PINTURA september 2006 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
2003 - individual exhibition at El bar del Viejo Hotel (Balcarce 1054, San Telmo) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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