Ground and figure 2022 | Ciclo Gallery| Colective exhibition | Sucre 1073, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ground and Figure are ever-present notions in the works of Juan Batlle Planas. In 1960 he founded the Instituto Privado de Investigación de la Forma (Private Institute for Form Research) where he taught classes on this subject. Ground and Figure […]
Brief Forms 2015 | Works by Juan Batlle Planas from 1950 to 1960Alejandro Bustillo Gallery | Banco Nación Fundation| Buenos Aires | Argentina. Invitación de la muestra Cubierta del catálogo de la exposición
Studies Throughout his career, Juan Batlle Planas gathered in several Rivadavia* folders studies and sketches of his works, which are now part of the Silvia Batlle Collection. Dating from 1950 onwards, they bear witness to the different ways in which he approached the creation of his works: automatism, point vectors, paranoid-critical method, research on Gestalt
When Forms Pulsate: Static in the Juan Battle Planas Collection 2018 | Centro Universitario de Arte | University of La Plata | La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina Tapa catálogo de la muestra Contratapa de catálogo de la muestra Invitación de la exposición Cuando las formas pulsan
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Argentine Hebraic Society mural 962 | Lobby of the former Sociedad Hebraica Argentina Hall, now the Universidad Metropolitana del Trabajo | (UMET). Glazed mosaics cut into three panels (total dimension: 1.90 x 5.00 m) by Eng. José Bernardo Joselevich, y Guillermo Joselevich. Declared cultural patrimony of the City of Buenos Aires by Law 5316/2015
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Teatro General San Martín mural 1960 | Teatro Municipal General San Martín | 1530 Corrientes av. | Buenos Aires. Lobby, painted tiles, glazed disks. Dimensions: Heigh: 2.30m width: 25 m Declared cultural patrimony of the City of Buenos Aires by Law 5388/2015. Photography courtesy of Mario R. Álvarez (jr) y Jerónimo M. R. Álvarez, architects.
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Murals Starting in 1950, Batlle Planas made a number of murals in Buenos Aires. Prestigious architects like Mario Roberto Álvarez, José Aslan, and Hector de Ezcurra commissioned him to make murals for constructions that combined art and architecture. 1963 | Sín título- Ubicación original Fábrica Kenwood-Galería Maman | Óleo sobre tablas de madera 1950 |
Illustrations for books Juan Batlle Planas illustrated a number of volumes of literature by poets and writers like Enrique Molina, Julio Cortázar, Alberto Girri, Olga Orozco, Lyzandro Galtier, Julio Llinás, Rafael Alberti, Osvaldo Svanascini, Horacio J. Becco, Leopoldo Marechal, Vicente Barbieri, Aldo Pellegrini, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Alejandra Pizarnik, Luisa Mercedes Levinson, Jorge Luis Borges, Rodolfo
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Boxes During the nineteen-fifties, Batlle Planas made small and medium-sized boxes (none of those works has survived, though photographs of them have). In 1960, he held an exhibition entitled Cajas, or boxes, at Van Riel gallery. In 1954, he exhibited sculptures, plates, and vessels at Comte gallery.
Objets and scupltures In 1954, he exhibited sculptures, plates, and vessels at Comte gallery.
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Illustrations for magaziness He did covers for the magazines Ressorgiment, Catalunya, and A partir de cero, and illustrations for Saber Vivir and El Hogar. Ressorgiment, Catalunya y A partir de cero, e ilustraciones en las revistas Saber Vivir y El Hogar.
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Notebook #3 Throughout his life, Juan Batlle Planas put together “albums of images,” that is, spiral or bound notebooks and folders of images.
