Oscar Masotta

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Oscar Abelardo Masotta (born January 8, 1930 in Buenos Aires , † September 13, 1979 in Barcelona ) was an Argentine author , psychoanalyst , art critic and happening artist .

life and work

In the 1950s, Masotta participated in the literary magazine Contorno edited by Ismael and David Viñas . In 1960 he began to work on pop art and happenings . Masotta got involved with the Instituto Di Tella in the 1960s . From 1959 he was instrumental in making the theories of Jacques Lacan known in the Spanish-speaking world. In 1964 Masotta founded the Centro de Estudios Superiores de Arte at the Universidad de Buenos Aires , where he researched and taught. In 1966 he organized three happenings. El helicóptero (The Helicopter) , Para inducir el espíritu de la imagen (To Induce the Spirit of the Image) , and El mensaje fantasma (The Ghost Message) , which Dora García took up for a project. In 1974 he left Argentina. In 1979 he died in Barcelona. In 2017 several of his works were exhibited posthumously at documenta 14 in Kassel.

Movie

Fonts (selection)

  • El Pop-Art , Oscar Masotta, Published by Editorial Columba, 1967
  • Happenings , artist book by Oscar Masotta, 1966

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Post MoMA Oscar Masotta , accessed on June 27, 2019. (English)
  2. ↑ arte al limite Oscar Masotta | Theory as action , accessed June 27, 2019.
  3. ↑ documenta 14 , daybook Oscar Masotta , accessed on June 27, 2019.
  4. ↑ How Masotta was rePeated , accessed on June 27, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Masotta, Oscar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Masotta, Oscar Abelardo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentine author, psychoanalyst, art critic and happening artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1979
Place of death Barcelona