Argentina: Artist Antonio Seguí dies aged 88
Antonio Seguí at the National Library of France (BNF), in Paris, on June 5, 2019. AFP - GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT
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Argentinian artist Antonio Seguí died this Saturday, February 26 in Buenos Aires at the age of 88, from complications from a hip operation, reports the newspaper
La Nación
, citing relatives of his family.
He had lived in Paris since 1963.
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“
I say goodbye to Antonio Seguí with the same love and affection that, both in Paris and in Buenos Aires, we have always had.
A painter and a colleague of my generation, whose work has always deserved my respect and consideration
,” tweeted painter Luis Felipe Noé.
Many artists, museums and cultural figures who expressed their condolences.
Creator of the mythical little men in hats that populate his satirical work, Antonio Seguí is the author of a prolific figurative work of paintings, prints, lithographs and engravings that illustrate an ironic vision of society, full of nostalgia and poetry.
"
With art, you can say things easily
"
Born January 11, 1934 in Villa Allende, he made 200 exhibitions throughout his career.
In France, he was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters and member of the European Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of France.
Although he had lived in France since 1963, Seguí kept returning to Argentina, except during the years of the dictatorship (1976-1983), when the military even refused to renew his passport.
"
With art you can say things easily, it's the only way to fight seriously
," he said.
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His monumental sculptures from the La Familia urbana series were urban landmarks in Córdoba, while other similar works are located in public spaces in Colombia, France, Italy, Belgium, Portugal and Morocco.
"
I don't know what else to do but work
," Antonio Seguí told AFP in an interview in Paris, when in 2019, at the age of 85, he presented an exhibition of around fifty his works to the National Library of France (BNF), to which he had just donated half a thousand works, including prints, portfolios and illustrated books.
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AFP)
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