biography of Eugenio DITTBORN (1943)
Personal data
Birth : 1943 - Santiago de Chile, Chile
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Chile
Address
Santiago de Chile, ChileEducation
ENSBA Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (Painting) – 14 rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
Escuela de Fotomecánica (Lithography) – Madrid, Spain
Staatliche Hochschule für bildende Künste (Lithography) – Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany
1961 – 1965 : Escuela de Bellas Artes – Universidad de Chile (Drawing, painting and engraving) – Santiago de Chile, Chile
Professional data
Work and Life
1984:Begins the serie “Pinturas Aeropostales”, designed in a size, which suits to postal mail. The paintings are sent to different cities throughout the world, where they are exhibited
1965 – 1970:Lives and works in Paris, France; Madrid, Spain and West Berlin, Germany
Lives and works in Santiago de Chile
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Mixed media - Oil/canvas 
Print-Multiple : Serigraph 
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage 
Audiovisual-Multimedia : Video Movements and styles
Conceptual ArtWorks
| Placa 1. Pintura Aeropostal n° 132 | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Mixed media Materials : charcoal-textile material Process : screen print Supports : synthetic material | |
| El Blériot de Acevedo en el Bío Bío II | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Mixed media Materials : textile material Process : screen print Supports : synthetic material Size : 420 x 1120 cm | |
| El Crusoe | |
| Date of creation : 1990 Medium : Video Process : in color Technical data : 17', NTSC | |
| La Física de la Historia | |
| Date of creation : 1989 Medium : Video Process : in color Technical data : 4', NTSC | |
| Todas Ibamos a Ser Reinas | |
| Date of creation : 1988 Medium : Mixed media Process : offset Supports : cardboard Size : 60 x 45 cm | |
| Nada, Nada | |
| Date of creation : 1988 Medium : Serigraph Supports : paper Size : 110 x 77 cm | |
| Cuatro Bocetos Preliminares para la Historia de la Música | |
| Date of creation : 1986 Medium : Video Process : in color Technical data : 33', NTSC | |
| Pieta | |
| Date of creation : 1986 Medium : Video Process : in color Technical data : 8', NTSC | |
| Pietá | |
| Date of creation : 1983 Medium : Mixed media Materials : painting Process : screen print Size : 120 x 150 cm | |
| Un Día Completo de mi Vida | |
| Date of creation : 1983 Medium : Mixed media Materials : painting-textile material Process : screen print Size : 250 x 544 cm | |
| Bosé/Raspe | |
| Date of creation : 1982 Medium : Mixed media Process : collage | |
| La Historia de la Física | |
| Date of creation : 1982 Medium : Video Process : in color Technical data : 18', NTSC | |
| Derrame de 350 Litros de Aceite Quemado en el Desierto de Tarapacá | |
| Date of creation : 1981 Medium : Video | |
| Lo que Vimos en la Cumbre del Corona | |
| Date of creation : 1981 Medium : Video Process : in color Technical data : 20', NTSC | |
| Autorretrato y Sol en Diciembre o Correrías de Lauch Wallace | |
| Date of creation : 1974 Medium : Mixed media Process : collage-drawing Size : 77 x 77 cm | |
| Paisaje I | |
| Date of creation : 1964 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 127 x 148 cm | |
| Pinturas Aeropostales | |
| Medium : Mixed media/paper | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2000
Chile Cien Años Artes Visuales: Segundo Período (1950-1973) Entre Modernidad y Utopía
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Santiago de Chile, Chile
2000
1998
Taciturna
Alexander and Bonin Gallery – New York NY, United States
1998
26 Pinturas Aeropostales
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Santiago de Chile, Chile
1998
Pinturas Aeropostais
Instituto de Arte Contemporânea – Lisbon, Portugal
1998
1997
Remota, 7 Pinturas Aeropostales
The New Museum of Contemporary Art – New York NY, United States
1997
1994
Mapa, 7 Pinturas Aeropostales
City Gallery – Wellington, New Zealand
1994
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Alexander and Bonin Gallery – 132 Tenth Avenue – New York NY, United States
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Alexander and Bonin Gallery – 132 Tenth Avenue – New York NY, United States
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Alexander and Bonin Gallery – 132 Tenth Avenue – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Alexander and Bonin Gallery – 132 Tenth Avenue – New York NY, United States
2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Alexander and Bonin Gallery – 132 Tenth Avenue – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Alexander and Bonin Gallery – 132 Tenth Avenue – New York NY, United States
2001
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Alexander and Bonin Gallery – 132 Tenth Avenue – New York NY, United States
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Alexander and Bonin Gallery – 132 Tenth Avenue – New York NY, United States
Group exhibitions
2001
Total Object Complete with Missing Parts
Tramway – Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)
09/07/2001 – 10/28/2001
2000
Más cerca uno del otro – 7a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
11/17/2000 – 01/05/2001
Man + Space – Kwangju Biennale, n° 3
Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
03/29/2000 – 06/07/2000
1998
Travel & Leisure
Paula Cooper Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/02/1998 – 06/26/1998
1997
Así está la Cosa, instalación y arte objeto en América Latina
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporáneo – Mexico, Mexico
1997
Trades Routes: History and Geography – Africus – The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
Johannesburg, South Africa
10/12/1997 – 12/12/1997
1996
Sin Fronteras: arte latinoamericano actual
Fundación Museo de Artes Visuales Alejandro Otero – Caracas, Venezuela
1996
Face à l’Histoire 1933-1996
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
12/19/1996 – 04/07/1997
1995
Call it Sleep
Witte de With – Rotterdam, Netherlands
1995
About Place: Recent Art of the Americas
The Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1995
1994
Cocido y Crudo
MNCARS Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
1994
1993
Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1993
1992
Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992
1991
El Desafío a la Colonización – 4a Bienal de la Habana
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Wifredo Lam – Havana, Cuba
11/16/1991 – 12/31/1991
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Books
1998
Mundana. Pinturas Aeropostales
Santiago de Chile, Chile
1998
1997
Remota. Pinturas Aeropostales
Santiago de Chile, Chile
1997
On the artist
Books
1998
Mundana. Pinturas Aeropostales
Santiago de Chile, Chile
1998
Eugenio DITTBORN [ 1943 ]
1997
Remota. Pinturas Aeropostales
Santiago de Chile, Chile
1997
Eugenio DITTBORN [ 1943 ]
1992
Artes Visuales 20 Años 1970-1990
Publisher: Ministerio de Educación de Chile – Santiago de Chile, Chile
Author: Saul Ernesto – Santiago de Chile, Chile
1992
Exhibition catalogues
2000
Man + Space Kwangju Biennale
Publisher: Kwangju Biennale Press – San 151-10 – Kwangju, South Korea (Republic of Korea)
2000
ISBN : 8987719049
Chile Cien Años Artes Visuales: Tercera Etapa (1973-2000) Entre Modernidad y Densidad
Publisher: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Parque Forestal s/n – Santiago de Chile, Chile
2000
Chile Cien Años Artes Visuales: Segundo Período (1950-1973) Entre Modernidad y Utopía
Publisher: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes – Parque Forestal s/n – Santiago de Chile, Chile
2000
1994
Chile, Artes Visuales Hoy
Publisher: Museo Chileno de Arte Moderno – Santiago de Chile, Chile
1994
1993
Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century
Publisher: MoMA Museum of Modern Art – 11 West 53 Street – New York NY, United States
1993
Periodicals
2001
MAHONEY Elisabeth – Total Object Complete with Missing Parts
in: Art Monthly n° 250 p. 36
London, United Kingdom
10/2001
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