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ROBERTO VOLTA
PAINTER, DRAWER, SCULPTOR AND CERAMIST BORN IN RIO TERCERO (CORDOBA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA) IN THE YEAR 1946. A DETERMINED VOCATION FOR ART SINCE BEING A CHILD TAKES HIM TO MOVE TO BUENOS AIRES CITY DURING 1968. ASSISTS TO THE WORKSHOPS WITH LIVE MODELS OF THE "SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF FINE ARTS". FORMS PART OF THE "ANTARKA GROUP", PERFORMING SCULPTURES AND CERAMIC MURALS.
EXPOSITIONS / EXHIBITIONS:
1973
EXHIBITS DRAWINGS AND CERAMICS IN THE "CENTRO ARGENTINO DE
INGENIEROS DE BUENOS AIRES".
1976 TAKES PART IN THE "SAN FERNANDO
AUTUMN SALON" INVITED AS THE LOCAL ARTIST.
1977 COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION AT "ESTEBAN
ECHEVERRIA ATHENEUM".
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION IN THE "ASOCIACION DE COMPRADORES DE
BUENOS AIRES".
1978 COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION AT LS 85 CANAL 11.
SPECIAL MENTION AT FERNAN F.DE AMADOR ANNUAL SALON OF VISUAL
ARTS IN VICENTE LOPEZ.
1979 INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION AT THEO GALLERY IN
BUENOS AIRES.
1980 LOCAL ARTIST PRIZE IN THE "SAN
FERNANDO AUTUMN SALON".
CONFECTION OF AN 8 METRE MURAL AND A 2 METRE TALL SCULPTURE FOR
THE ENTRANCE OF A BUILDING.
CONFECTION OF A 4x2 METRE MURAL IN ACRYLIC PAINT FOR A
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
1981 IS INVITED TO THE " SAN FERNANDO
AUTUMN SALON"AND TO THE "FERNAN F.DE AMADOR SALON"
IN VICENTE LOPEZ.
1982 COLLECTIVE EXPOSITION AT THE FINE ARTS
INTERNATIONAL CIRCLE AND IN THE " ITALIAN
SCHOOL".
COLLECTIVE EXPOSITION AT ESTEBAN ECHEVERRIA ATHENEUMN.
1984 COLLECTIVE EXPOSITION AT THE FINE ARTS
NATIONAL FUND
1985 CHOSEN IN THE "ILUSTRATED TANGO
SALON" HOMAGE TO CARLOS GARDEL (VICENTE LOPEZ)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION AT THE OEA AND PUEYRREDON HISTORICAL
MUSEUM.
1986 COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS AT OEA AND
PUEYRREDON HISTORICAL MUSEUM"
1987 "APSI SALON, CASA MUNICIPAL DE LA
CULTURA DE VICENTE LOPEZ".
1988 JUROR IN THE FERNAN F DE AMADOR MUNICIPAL
SALON IN VICENTE LOPEZ .
1989
"FERNAN F. DE AMADOR SALON - TANGO" VICENTE LOPEZ.
1990 "LA CRUJIA"GALLERY-ARTS AND
COMMUNICATION.
PROMOTION PRIZE GIVEN BY "QUE HACEMOS" MAGAZINE OF
CENTOIRA GALLERY.
"PINTO GARDEL "AT RECOLETA CULTURAL CENTER
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION AT PANAMERICAN HOTEL -CENTOIRA"
1992 EXHIBITION AT THE FINE ARTS MUSEUM
IN SALTA PROVINCE.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION IN "OPPEL INMOBILIARIA BUENOS
AIRES"
INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS AT COMERCIAL CENTER
AND "SEGUROS PRADO RIO
III - CORDOBA".
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION IN B.A 92´ CENTOIRA GALLERY AT RECOLETA
CULTURAL CENTER.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION AT "MUSICATA CULTURAL" - SAN
TELMO.
1993 COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION AT FORMA GALLERY
EXHIBITION AT "ARGENTINA TELEVISORA COLOR" ART ROOMS
1994 INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION AT ARCOBALENO
GALLERY IN PUNTA DEL ESTE - URUGUAY.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS OF GARDEL AT LA VEDA RESTAURANT, CENTRAL
POST AND CENTOIRA GALLERY
1995 INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION AT " LA
IMPRENTA" GALLERY
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION OF "MAESTROS ZONA NORTE EDENOR".
1996 EXHIBITIONS: "ANDREANI",
"LA CANDELARIA RESTAURANT" - DARDO ROCHA, ARGENTINE
ART GALLERY - UNICENTER SHOPPING.
1997 INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITION "LA BOUTIQUE DE
ARTE".
1998 EXHIBITIONS: "CENTOIRA GALLERY, TV
PROGRAMME "P&E";UNICENTER SHOPPING.
1999 EXHIBITIONS "SERIE TANGO" (SABOR
A TANGO DINNER SHOW) - "TANGOTECA" (PUERTO MADERO)
HIS WORKS ARE BEING EXHIBITED PERMANENTLY (HOTEL LIBERTADOR -
CENTOIRA GALLERY).
SINCE 1977, HE TEACHES DRAWING AND PAINTING IN HIS WORKSHOP TO
CHILDREN AND GROWN UPS. SEVERAL ART COLLECTORS OF ARGENTINA,
BRAZIL, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, SWEDEN, USA, ITALY, SWITZERLAND,
GERMANY, PERU HAVE WORKS OF HIS IN THEIR COLLECTIONS.
CRITICS
SAYS ABOUT HIM, CESAR MAGRINI: "...HE IS A
TREMENDOUS PAINTER. WHO EVER IS IN DOUBT OF THIS SHOULD EXAMINE,
BEFORE LOOKING INTO THE FIRST PLANES OF THE COMPOSITION - WHICH
ARE THOSE THAT ATTRACT MORE EASILY -, THE WAY THAT HE HAS WORKED
THE BACKGROUND. HE KNOWS HOW TO CAPTURE THE TINTS, THE TONE AND
THE SHADES. AND THEN, THE ENERGY OF THE LINE OF STRENGTH OF THE
DESIGN, THE VEHEMENCE - WITHOUT OVERFLOWING. MY BEST WISHES TO
THIS YOUNG ARTIST. HOPE THERE WILL BE MANY MORE LIKE HIM. WE
WILL THEN BE ABLE TO SAY, REGARDING THE FUTURE, THAT THE
PAINTING, BEING LEGITIMATE, BEING GREAT, FAR FROM DECAYING, IS
FLOURISHED, AND EVERY TIME WITH MORE FRONDOSITY"
EL CRONISTA COMERCIAL DAILY NEWSPAPER
"ROBERTO
VOLTA, AN EXTREMELY ECLECTIC ARTIST.
THE DRAWING, THE PAINTING, THE SCULPTURE, THE CERAMIC MURALS,
NONE OF THESE ELEMENTS HAVE ESCAPED FROM HIS FERVENT SEEK OF THE
AUTHENTIC.
THE ARTIST POSSESSES THE SIMPLICITY AND HONESTY OF THE GREAT. HE
FEELS IN COMPROMISE WITH HIS ROOTS: ARGENTINA, AND WITH LATIN
AMERICA ALL. PROOF OF THIS ARE HIS EARLY WORKS IN WHICH WE
DETECTED A VERY STRONG INSPIRATION IN THE MEXICAN MASTERS, SUCH
AS: OROZCO, SIQUIEIROS AND RIVERA.
IN EVERY WORK OF HIS, LYRICISM AND SENSUALITY ARE PRESENT. HIS
STAGES ARE EQUALLY OUTSTANDING AND DIFFERENT. ROBERTO VOLTA
AMAZES US EVERY INSTANT. HIS STILL LIVES, AND THE SERIE OF
BUENOS AIRES, ARE HIS MOST RECENT WORKS, EXPRESSED WITH UNIQUE
PROFESSIONALISM AND POETIC FLIGHT.
THE DRAWING DESERVES A SEPARATE PARAGRAPH: WITH A PREDOMINANCE
OF HUMAN FIGURES, HE POSSESSES A DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE ANATOMY.
NOTWITHSTANDING, THE POWER OF SYNTHESIS IS A CONSTANT IN HIS
WORK.
THE PALETTE IS SURPRISING."
ELSA ETCHEGARAY
JOURNALIST
"ART CRITIC"
"EVERY WORK OF ROBERTO VOLTA IS A WORLD CLOSED IN ITSELF THAT HE PAINTS OR DRAWS IN AN EXCEPTIONAL MANNER. HE STANDS IN FRONT OF A WORK GIVING ANSWER NOT ONLY TO HIS KNOWLEDGE IN PLASTIC BUT ALSO TO A TYPE OF SITUATION THAT HE FEELS AT THAT SAME MOMENT AND THAT DOESN'T BOTHER HIM IS THERE IS A PLASTIC LINE REPEATING ITSELF, SINCE EVERY WORK HAS A DIFFERENT PROPOSITION AND RESOLUTION. HIS LAST WORKS IN THE VAN GOGH SERIES ARE OF AN ABSOLUTE LUMINOSITY WHICH I RECOMMEND TO BE APPRECIATED..."
ART CRITIC
ROSA FACCARO, FORMA GALLERY 93
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