Dignora Pastorello Argentine, 1913-2001
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
"Yes, she is an observer of reality, but she is not a neutral interpreter; she plunges into the darkest and stickiest depths unreached by light, then to emerge on the other side, with an image that is barely discrepant. Her motives, which at a first glance seem almost bland and stemming from the boredom or the laziness of someone whose bridges have been burned down, instead burst forth with the determination of someone who looks at everyday nature daringly and inquisitively. As if she were seeking to affirm her own existence in painting, Dignora devoted herself to portraying, over and over, almost obsessively, altered versions of the settings around her. She portrayed her own place, other people’s houses, her trips, her walks, views of balconies, birds, cats, people, interiors, alleys, fields, beaches."
Provenance
Estate of Dignora Pastorello, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Exhibitions
Dignora Pastorello: A Strange Modernity, Cecilia Brunson Projects, London, UK, June-July 2026.Dear Dignora, Calvaresi Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March–May 2022.
Literature
Paola Vega, “Dignora Pastorello, painter,” in Dignora Pastorello: Un Lugar, Un Sueño. Pinturas 1958-1991 (Rosario: Ivan Rosado; Buenos Aires: Galería Calvaresi, 2022).
Sofía Dourron, “Torpor and Fantasy,” in Dignora Pastorello: Un Lugar, Un Sueño. Pinturas 1958-1991 (Rosario: Ivan Rosado; Buenos Aires: Galería Calvaresi, 2022).
Laura Feinsilber, “Dignora Pastorello in Calvaresi,” Ambito Financiero, March 7, 2022.
Paola Vega, “Dear Dignora,” Artishock, May 29, 2022.
Arteba, “Dignora Pastorello in Calvaresi,” Arteba, May 3, 2022.
Ernesto B. Rodríguez, Apuntes para una historia de la pintura argentina
[Notes for a history of Argentine painting] (1966), 195.
Publications
Dignora Pastorello: Un Lugar, Un Sueño. Pinturas 1958-1991 (Rosario; Buenos Aires: Galería Calvaresi, 2022), 42.Lily Sosa de Newton, Diccionario biográfico de mujeres argentinas, aumentado y actualizado [Biographical Dictionary of Argentine Women: Enlarged and Updated] (Buenos Aires: Plus Ultra, 1980).