Pérez Celis
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Pérez Celis
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| Born |
Celis Pérez January 15, 1939 San Telmo, Argentina |
| Died | August 2, 2008 (aged 69) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Nationality | Argentine |
| Education | Belgrano School of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Painting, sculpture, murals and engravings |
| Movement | Abstract art |
| Awards | Alba Award at the 61st Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas Argentino |
Celis Pérez (January 15, 1939 – August 2, 2008) was an Argentine artist usually referred to as Pérez Celis. He earned international recognition for his paintings, sculptures, murals and engravings.
Pérez was born in San Telmo on the South side of Buenos Aires, and grew up in Liniers, on the opposite end of town. Working as a newsboy during childhood, he learned the basics of drawing and painting via correspondence classes. He enrolled at the Belgrano School of Fine Arts in 1954, and first exhibited at age 17, at Galería La Fantasma. Following his entry into the professional arts world, he began using his name in a reversed form. At the start of his career has benn influenced by Hungarian artist Victor Vasarely during a 1957 restrospective of the latter's works at the National Fine Arts Museum. He married Sara Fernández in 1959 and relocated to Uruguay for less than a year invited by Carlos Páez Vilaró . Took part in the "Group of 8" – proponents of abstract art among the normally conservative local audiences.
He returned to Buenos Aires in 1960, and opened a downtown atelier with the support of Guido Di Tella, his first mecena Pérez Celis explored geometric art, and builds his first mural, Fuerza América, in 1962. Indigenous patterns and colors would reappear in many of his productions during the 1960s and 1970s, and distinguished him from most other local artists, among whom pop art and figurative art was more influential. He was featured in more than 120 solo shows during his career, notably the Gallerie Bellechasse, and his art was purchased for many private collections and first-rate museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He received commissions from the Argentine government, which placed his work in the Ministro Pistarini International Airport, from other governments, and from prominent individuals and businesses.
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