Alberto Goldenstein
ARTIST STATEMENT
Alberto Goldenstein is one of the most influential artists in the Argentine scene working with photography.
In all of his work, one can perceive a central and distinctive interest: the abstract use of form and color understood as plastic elements.
He uses a floating perspective and his flaneur attitude to propose a non-hierarchical view of the world, which does not invite judgment but instead contemplates different forms of beauty.
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Alberto Goldenstein
1951. Buenos Aires, Argentina
EDUCATION
1981 - 1983 Studies at the New England School of Photography, Boston, USA
1993 Argentine National Fund for the Arts grant
1995 Opens the Photo gallery for young contemporary photography, where he is still director and curator
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2018 La materia entre los bordes [The matter between the edges], photographs
1982-2018, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2015 Escapismo [Escapism], Intervention on Florida street, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2014 15.01.14 – Gigantogaleria, Centro Cultural San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 Americanas [Americans], Foster Catena Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009 Melincué y la selva [Melincué and the jungle] – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Rosario, Argentina
2008 Adentro [Inside] Ruth Benzacar Art Aallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2004 Flâneur [Flâneur]- Ruth Benzacar Art Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2002 Mar del Plata, Foto Galería del Teatro Municipal General San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999 Fotografías de Alberto Goldenstein [Photographs by AG], Galería Belleza y Felicidad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997 Fotografías de Alberto Goldenstein [Photographs by AG]Fotogalería del Teatro Municipal Gral.San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1993 El Mundo del Arte. Retratos [The art World. Portraits] Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1991 Tutti Frutti. Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2017 La Bella Sintaxis [The beautiful syntax], Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid
2016 Borges, ficciones de un tiempo infinito [Borges, Fictions of an infinite time], CCK, Buenos Aires
2015 Aquí nos vemos, fotografía latinoamericana contemporánea [Here we are, contemporary Latin American photography]. CCK, Buenos Aires
2015 My Buenos Aires, Maison Rouge, Paris
2012 Demolición [Demolition] – Torcuato Di Tella University, Buenos Aires
2012 Política y belleza de las tareas [Policies and beauty of tasks] Museo Macro-Castagnino, Rosario
2011 Buenos Aires, stories of the streets, Geschichten von den Straßen, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany
2011 Interiores [Interiors] – Museum of Modern Art Bs.As.
2003 Alltag und Vergessen [Everyday life and oblivion], Neue Gesselschaft für Bildenste Künst, Berlin/ Zurich
2001 Al Sur del Sur [South of the South], Photoespaña/ Casa de América, Madrid, España
1991 Doce Fotógrafos Argentinos [Twelve Argentine photographers], Museo El Chopo, DF, México
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art
National Fine Art Museum, Castagnino-Macro Museum, Rosario, Argentina
Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires (Malba), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rabobank Collection of contemporary photography, The Netherlands
In 2018 the Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires presented his first retrospective exhibition