Rogelio Polesello
Untitled (Sin título)circa 1974

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Rogelio Polesello
Argentina, 1939-2014
Title: Untitled (Sin título)
Date Made: circa 1974
Medium: Acrylic
Dimensions: 78 1/2 × 39 1/8 × 1 7/8 in. (199.39 × 99.38 × 4.76 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art Deaccession Fund
Accession Number: M.2017.108
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes: Op and kinetic artist Rogelio Polesello experimented with light and color, emphasizing the participation of the viewer to activate his sculptures. The carved lenses of this large plaque multiply and reduce the size of the viewer’s reflection, creating a distortion of reality. The acrylic object both contains and diffuses the vibrant colors, transforming the space around it. Polesello’s signature acrylic sculptures exemplify his interest in the intersection of art and design. He began working with the material in 1966, inspired by Plástica con plásticos—a landmark exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires that encouraged the exploration of this industrial product in the fine arts. The exhibition’s title plays on the linguistic similarity between the “plastic,” or visual, arts (artes plásticas) and plastics (plásticos) as a material, an amalgamation inherent in Polesello’s work.

Rachel Kaplan

2024
Copyright: © Estate of Rogelio Polesello

Related Unframed

Not on view

Artist or Maker: Rogelio Polesello
Argentina, 1939-2014
Title: Untitled (Sin título)
Date Made: circa 1974
Medium: Acrylic
Dimensions: 78 1/2 × 39 1/8 × 1 7/8 in. (199.39 × 99.38 × 4.76 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Bernard and Edith Lewin Collection of Mexican Art Deaccession Fund
Accession Number: M.2017.108
Classification: Sculpture
Collecting Area: Latin American Art
Curatorial Notes: Op and kinetic artist Rogelio Polesello experimented with light and color, emphasizing the participation of the viewer to activate his sculptures. The carved lenses of this large plaque multiply and reduce the size of the viewer’s reflection, creating a distortion of reality. The acrylic object both contains and diffuses the vibrant colors, transforming the space around it. Polesello’s signature acrylic sculptures exemplify his interest in the intersection of art and design. He began working with the material in 1966, inspired by Plástica con plásticos—a landmark exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires that encouraged the exploration of this industrial product in the fine arts. The exhibition’s title plays on the linguistic similarity between the “plastic,” or visual, arts (artes plásticas) and plastics (plásticos) as a material, an amalgamation inherent in Polesello’s work.

Rachel Kaplan

2024