CAYC : [gacetilla]
Newsletter for CAYC which was published as mimeographed sheets
"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. In August 1968, CAYC was established as a multidisciplinary workshop by Víctor Grippo, Jacques Bedel, Luis Fernando Benedit, Alfredo Portillos, Clorindo Testa, Jorge Glusberg, and Jorge González. Jorge Glusberg was the main leader associated with CAyC. In 1971, the 'Grupo de los Trece' was created by Polish theater director Jerzy Grotowski. There were 13 artists who made up the group: Jacques Bedel, Luis Fernándo Benedit, Gregorio Dujovny, Carlos Ginsburg, Jorge Glusberg, Victor Grippo, Jorge González Mir, Vicente Lucas Marotta, Luis Pazos, Alfredo Portillos, Juan Carlos Romero, Julio Teich, and Horacio Zabala. Additional artists who later joined were Leopoldo Maler and Clorindo Testa. In 1975, the group were formally named the 'Grupo CAyC. The work was centered around the concept of 'Arte de Sistemas' or Systemic Art." -- description by Libreria de Antano Buenos Ayres
"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. In August 1968, CAYC was established as a multidisciplinary workshop by Víctor Grippo, Jacques Bedel, Luis Fernando Benedit, Alfredo Portillos, Clorindo Testa, Jorge Glusberg, and Jorge González. Jorge Glusberg was the main leader associated with CAyC. In 1971, the 'Grupo de los Trece' was created by Polish theater director Jerzy Grotowski. There were 13 artists who made up the group: Jacques Bedel, Luis Fernándo Benedit, Gregorio Dujovny, Carlos Ginsburg, Jorge Glusberg, Victor Grippo, Jorge González Mir, Vicente Lucas Marotta, Luis Pazos, Alfredo Portillos, Juan Carlos Romero, Julio Teich, and Horacio Zabala. Additional artists who later joined were Leopoldo Maler and Clorindo Testa. In 1975, the group were formally named the 'Grupo CAyC. The work was centered around the concept of 'Arte de Sistemas' or Systemic Art." -- description by Libreria de Antano Buenos Ayres
Artwork Details
- Title: CAYC : [gacetilla]
- Publisher: Centro de Arte y Comunicación
- Date: November 3rd, 1974
- Geography: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Dimensions: 1 volume : illustrations ; 11 in. (28 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Friends of the Thomas J. Watson Library
- Object Number: N7 .C39 GT360
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