César Paternosto

Orange - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Orange, 1965
Oil on canvas
70 x 35 in. 178 x 89 cm.
Tlon - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Tlon, 1969
Acrylic emulsion on canvas
48 x 48 in. 122 x 122 cm.
I wonder why - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
I wonder why, 1971
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in. 122 x 122 cm.
Sagitarius - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Sagitarius, 1972
Acrylic emulsion on canvas
42 x 42 in. 106 x 106 cm.
Uqbar - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Uqbar, 1975
Acrylic on canvas
58½ x 59 x 4 in. 149 x 150 x 10 cm.
Untitled (Trío) - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Untitled (Trío), 1976
Acrylic on canvas
Installed dimensions: 59 x 78 x 3 in.150 x 198 x 8 cm.
Pawqar - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Pawqar, 1978
Acrylic emulsion and marble powder on canvas
64 x 64 x 3 in. 163 x 163 x 8 cm
Ayamarka 2 - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Ayamarka 2, 1980
Acrylic emulsion with marble powder on paper
22 x 22 in. 56 x 56 cm.
Inti Raymi II - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Inti Raymi II, 1980
Acrylic emulsion and marble powder on canvas
64 x 64 x 3 in. 163 x 163 x 8 cm
Hebdomad - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Hebdomad, 1980
Acrylic emulsion on canvas
39 x 39 in. 99 x 99 cm
Yantra III - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Yantra III, 1981
Acrylic on canvas
60 x 60 in. 152,4 x 152,4 cm.
Archetypal geometry series I - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Archetypal geometry series I, 1982
Acylic emulsion with marble powder on paper
22 x 22 in. 55,8 x 55,8 cm.
Archetypal geometry series IV - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Archetypal geometry series IV, 1982
Acylic emulsion with marble powder on paper
22 x 22 in. 55,8 x 55,8 cm.
Spirit of the cyclades - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Spirit of the cyclades, 1991
Acrylic emulsion and marble powder on canvas
66 x 66 x 3 in. 167.6 x 167.6 x 7.6 cm
Tambo Colorado II - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Tambo Colorado II, 1991
Acrylic emulsion and marble powder on canvas
70 x 65 x 3 in. 177.8 x 165.1 x 7.6 cm
Sumpu Punku - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Sumpu Punku, 1992
Acrylic emulsion and marble powder on canvas
66 x 43 x 3 in. 167.6 x 109.2 x 7.6 cm
Cruz del Sur - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Cruz del Sur, 1992
Acrylic emulsion and marble powder on canvas
66 x 53 x 3 in. 167.6 x 134.6 x 7.6 cm
Sculpture in Search of the Axis Mundi II - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Sculpture in Search of the Axis Mundi II, 1993
Pigmented cement
14 x 14 x 8 in. 35.6 x 35.6 x 20.3 cm
Hilos de Agua, Intervals,(Vertical I) - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Hilos de Agua, Intervals,(Vertical I), 1997
Acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in. 122 x 122 cm
Hilos de Agua, Intervals, Vertical III - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Hilos de Agua, Intervals, Vertical III, 1997
Watercolor pencil and acrylic emulsion on canvas
48 x 48 in. 122 x 122 cm
Confluence 9 - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Confluence 9, 1998
Acrylic emulsion on canvas
34 x 34 in. 86 x 86 cm.
Confluence № 10 - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Confluence № 10, 1998
Acrylic on canvas
34 x 34 in. 86 x 86 cm.
Anabasis V - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Anabasis V, 1999
Acrylic emulsion on canvas
60 x 60 in. 152,5 x 152,5 cm
Mojacar № 2 - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Mojacar № 2, 2000
Acrylic on paper
22¼ x 22¼ in. 56 x 56 cm
Mojacar № 1 - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Mojacar № 1, 2000
Acrylic on paper
22¼ x 22¼ in. 56 x 56 cm
Anabasis I - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Anabasis I, 2000
Oil and acrylic emulsion on canvas
60 x 60 in. 152,5 x 152,5 cm
Confluencia
Confluencia "Baires" #1, 2000
Acrylic on canvas
42 x 42 in. 106 x 106 cm
Contrapunto II (Desert Light) - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Contrapunto II (Desert Light), 2003
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 36 in. 91 x 91 cm
Virtual cube - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Virtual cube, 2008
Steel COR-TEN
12 in. 30 cm variable
Trio: Tema Marginal - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Trio: Tema Marginal, 2010
Acrylic on canvas
Each: 63 x 9⅞ in. 160 x 25 cm.
Conjuntos Progresiones 6 - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Conjuntos Progresiones 6, 2010
Tempera on folded paper
25⅜ x 47¼ in. 65 x 120 cm.
Vertical-Rojo Horizontal - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Vertical-Rojo Horizontal, 2010
Oil, mixed media on canvas
59 x 21¼ in. 150 x 54 cm.
Black & Blue, 3 - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Black & Blue, 3, 2011
Oil, mixed media on canvas
31½ x 31½ in. 80 x 80 cm.
Paper Construction #17 - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Paper Construction #17, 2014
Paper and tempera collage
15¾ x 15¾ in. 40 x 40 cm.
Paper Construction #6 - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Paper Construction #6, 2014
Paper and tempera collage
11⅞ x 11⅞ in. 30 x 30 cm.
Post-Deconstruct (New York) - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Post-Deconstruct (New York), 2016
Acrylic on canvas
39⅜ x 39⅜ in. 100 x 100 cm.
Cesar Paternosto at Pachacamac, Peru - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Cesar Paternosto at Pachacamac, Peru, 1979
Cesar Paternosto - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
Cesar Paternosto
César Paternosto at ARCOmadrid - César Paternosto, Cecilia De Torres Ltd.
César Paternosto at ARCOmadrid, 2019
Photo by Pedro Sánchez
César Paternosto at his retrospective exhibition titled
César Paternosto at his retrospective exhibition titled "La mirada excéntrica" at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2019
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. presents
Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. presents "MEET THE ARTIST" Video Series: César Paternosto, 2020
Video - Original language: English

b. 1931 La Plata, Argentina – lives in Segovia, Spain

Around 1957, César Paternosto started creating artworks based on Geometric Abstraction. After attending a serial music concert, he was enthralled by Anton Webern's pregnant silences, which influenced the next development in his art. By the end of the 1960s, Paternosto moved the emphasis of depicted matter in his paintings to the outer-sides of the canvas, leaving the front blank. By shifting the attention to the sides, he was questioning the traditional viewing of paintings frontally, and as the range of the pictorial field was expanded to the sides, the three dimensionality of the painting turned it into an object. His 2012 essay, “Painting as Object: Geometric Forms and Lateral Expansions,” explained the evolution and continuity of his idea, from the early lateral vision canvases, to his most recent work.
In 1977, Paternosto began to travel to Bolivia and Peru to study the archaeological sites Tiwanaku, Ollantaytambo, and Machu Picchu. These trips marked an important turning point in his work sparking new formal explorations in form, composition, and color. By rooting his art in American autochthonous traditions rather than in the modern European model, Paternosto created a new and original type of abstraction based on the centuries-old woven textiles and sculptural stones of the Inca.
Paintings by Paternosto are found in various prestigious collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid; the Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland; and the Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany, amongst others.

Please click for CV and Chronology

Painting as Object: the Lateral Expansion. New Works.

CÉSAR PATERNOSTO
Painting as Object: the Lateral Expansion. New Works.

Gallery exhibition catalogue with essay by Edward J. Sullivan; extensive illustrated chronology, 90 pages fully illustrated.

$ 20.00 + postage

White/Red

César Paternosto
White/Red

This beautifully designed and printed catalogue of essays, large color plates, and illustrated chronology explores Paternosto's artistic contributions, influences and achievements over the last 4 decades.

Essays by Lucy R. Lippard, Ricardo Martín-Crosa & Toshiaki Minemura; printed on Fabriano paper by Lucini officina d'arte graffica, Milano, Italy; Hardcover, 24 color, 56 b&w illustrations, 144 pages

$40.00 + postage

The Stone and the Thread: Andean Roots of Abstract Art

César Paternosto
The Stone and the Thread: Andean Roots of Abstract Art

Challenging the notion that abstraction is a development of the modern West, Paternosto reveals its deep roots as an indigenous American tradition and shows how that tradition reverberates in the work of twentieth-century artists... In this major, paradigm-shifting book... César Paternosto offers the first comprehensive analysis of ancient Andean art - textiles, pottery, stone sculpture, and the famous lines in the Nazca desert - into one coherent whole...

César Paternosto; 272 pages; In English, University of Texas Press, hardcover, 172 photographs and illustrations

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North and South Connected: An Abstraction of the Americas


North and South Connected: An Abstraction of the Americas

Catalogue of the 1998-99 gallery exhibition with a major essay by the artist and historian César Paternosto and the essay: Three Andean Tunics – Color and Geometry as Metaphor by Vanessa Drake & Andres Moraga. As reviewed by Holland Cotter in the New York Times, "... the show traces a line, or rather several lines, between pre-Columbian art and 20th-century American modernism, with some eye-opening results."

Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. 52 pages, 16 color plates, 42 black and white illustrations

$ 20.00 + postage

Gallery artists at MoMA Exhibition

Gallery artists at MoMA Exhibition

We are pleased to announce Joaquín Torres-García, María Freire and César Paternosto's participation in the following exhibition:

"Journeys of Abstraction—The Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift" at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York

On view through March 14, 2020

For more information, please click here.

Cesar Paternosto at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

Cesar Paternosto at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes

We are pleased to announce César Paternosto's upcoming solo exhibition:

César Paternosto: La mirada excéntrica, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina

On view October 8, 2019 - February 2, 2020

Opening Reception: Tuesday, October 8, 7 pm

For more information, please click here.

For a featured article in La Nación Newspaper (in spanish) please click here.

Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. at ARCO 2019

Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. at ARCO 2019

We are pleased to announce our participation in ARCO Madrid 2019, featuring a special exhibition for "Perú en Arco":

César Paternosto: A Journey through Abstraction

BOOTH 7E09

Dates: February 27 - March 3, 2019

For a preview of our booth, please click here.

Gallery artists at Fondation Cartier

Gallery artists at Fondation Cartier

We are pleased to announce Joaquín Torres-García, Gonzalo Fonseca and Cesar Paternosto's participation in the following exhibition:

Southern Geometries, from Mexico to Patagonia,Fondation Cartier, Paris, France

From October 14, 2018 to February 24, 2019

For more information, please click here.

César Paternosto's Upcoming Exhibition

César Paternosto's Upcoming Exhibition

We are pleased to announce César Paternosto's upcoming exhibition:

César Paternosto, Obras Recientes, Guillermo de Osma Galería, Madrid, Spain

Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 22, 2017, 7:30 PM

On view: November 22, 2017 to January 15, 2018

For more information, please click here.

César Paternosto's Exhibition at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

César Paternosto's Exhibition at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

We are pleased to announce Cesar Paternosto's upcoming exhibition:

César Paternosto: Hacia una pintura objetual, El Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain

Opening Reception: Monday, November 13, 12:30 pm

On view: November 13, 2017 to January 28, 2018

For more information, please click here.

César Paternosto's new exhibition

César Paternosto's new exhibition

We are pleased to announce César Paternosto's new exhibition:

El silencio de las lineas, María Calcaterra Galería, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 1st through December 1st, 2015

Opening Reception: October 1st, 2015, 7-9pm.

For more information about the exhibition, please contact María Calcaterra by clicking here.

César Paternosto exhibition at Galerie Denise Rene

César Paternosto exhibition at Galerie Denise Rene

We are pleased to announce César Paternosto's exhibition:

Paternosto, Galerie Denise Rene-Rive Gauche, Paris, France

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 2015, 7-9pm

For more information, please contact the gallery at info@deniserene.com

César Paternosto Exhibition Review

César Paternosto Exhibition Review

We are pleased to share César Paternosto's Painting as Object exhibition reviews:

Claudio Iván Remeseira in Hispanic New York

Peter Frank in Huffington Post Arts & Culture