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Private Chamber
Private Chamber

Private Chamber

Primary (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1929–Córdoba, Argentina, 1994)
NationalityArgentinean, South America
Date1966
MediumAcrylic and wood on canvas
DimensionsSight: 39 1/16 × 55 3/16 in. (99.2 × 140.1 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Gift of John and Barbara Duncan, G1971.3.7
Rights Statement
Collection AreaLatin American Art
Object numberG1971.3.7
On View
On view
Locations
  • exhibition  BMA, Gallery, C9 - Susman Galleries
Label Text
Private Chamber is a flat rectangular canvas with a painted finish similar to the walls of an ancient ruin. It has two niches into which wood carvings are placed––one a sort of totemic figure and the other a conglomeration of abstract geometric shapes. Like that of Gonzalo Fonseca, Bonevardi’s work evokes a mysterious ancient world that is the source of a collective consciousness or a fragment of a parallel reality. The spaces in Bonevardi’s works suggest in their absence the mysterious or unknown, resembling architectural elements such as arches, doorways, and sculptural niches.
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