Centro de Arte y Comunicación

The Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC) was an arts organization based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that was instrumental in creating an international arts movement based on the ideas of systems art within conceptual art.^[1][2]

History[]

In August 1968, CAyC was established as a multidisciplinary workshop by Víctor Grippo, , , , Clorindo Testa, Jorge Glusberg, and .^[3] Jorge Glusberg was the main leader associated with CAyC.^[2]

In 1971, the "Grupo de los Trece" was created by Polish theater director Jerzy Grotowski. There were 13 artists who made up the group: , , , , Jorge Glusberg, Victor Grippo, , , Luis Pazos, , , , and . Additional artists who later joined were and Clorindo Testa. In 1975, the group were formally named the "Grupo CAyC."^[4]

The work was centered around the concept of "Arte de Sistemas" or Systemic Art.^[4]

In 1972, the "Scuola de Altos Estudios del CAyC" aka "Escuela de Altos Estudios" / "Escuela de Altos Estudios del Centro de Arte y Comunicación" was founded.^{[citation needed]}

In the seventies CAyC became an international center for the Pop art-culture and the famous Museo de Arquitectura.^{[citation needed]}

Well-known teachers at CAyC have included Justus Dahinden and Mario Botta.^{[citation needed]}

From 1968 until his death in early 2012, Jorge Glusberg was the Director of CAyC.^{[citation needed]}

Selected exhibitions[]

• 1972: Art Systems in Latin America, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1973: Antonio Dias, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1973: Arte Contemporânea Brasileira, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1973: Expo-Projeção 73, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1974: Festival Experimental, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1974: Vanguardia Brasileña, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1974/1975: Art & Systems in Latin America, ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts (London, Argentina)
• 1975: Julio Plaza, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1975: Regina Silveira, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1975: Bernardo Krasniansky, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1976: 20 Artistas Brasileños, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1977: Regina Silveira, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1977: Image and Words, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1979: Ocupación Topológica, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1980: Sérgio de Camargo, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
• 1985: Nueva Pintura Brasileña, Centro de Arte y Comunicación (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

References[]

Further reading[]

• Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC) Papers (1970-1980) – MsC 759 (Finding aid). Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Libraries. February 2004.
• "X Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura 2005". CAyC (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 August 2006.
• Sarti, Graciela (March 2013). Grupo CAyC (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Centro Virtual de Arte Argentino.
• Kalyva, Eve (2016). "Chapter 3.5: "Art and Violence in the Open Air: The Activities of CAYC"". Image and Text in Conceptual Art: Critical Operations in Context. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 80–102. ISBN 978-3-319-45086-5. OCLC 996426645.

External links[]

• Grupo CAyC at Centro Virtual de Arte Argentino
• Centro de Arte y Comunicación at the Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural
• Centro de Arte y Comunicación at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Centro de Arte y Comunicación (CAyC) at University of Iowa Libraries – finding aid

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