LUIS FELIPE “YUYO” NOÉ PASSED AWAY, FAREWELL TO A GREAT FIGURE IN ARGENTINE ART
This Wednesday, painter and artist Luis Felipe Noé, known as "Yuyo," passed away at the age of 87, leaving behind a fundamental legacy in contemporary Argentine art. His work, which encompassed painting, drawing, sculpture, and installations, reflected his ongoing quest to represent the complexity of the modern world.
Born in Buenos Aires in 1938, Noé was one of the leading figures of the Otra Figuración (Other Figuration) movement, which emerged in the 1960s as a response to both abstract and traditional figurative art. His style broke with established boundaries, pushing painting toward freer, more chaotic, and dynamic forms, often featuring disintegrated figures.
Yuyo understood chaos as a form of hope: “Personally, with little training and no idea where the chosen train would take me, I told myself it was heading toward chaos. Along the way, I began to understand what that meant: everything that exceeded me—in other words, life itself.”
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Luis Felipe Noé. Introducción a la esperanza, 1963. Óleo sobre tela, 201 x 214 cm. Cortesía del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
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Luis Felipe Noé. En la maraña, 1986. Acrílico sobre tela, 200 x 250 cm. Cortesía del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
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Luis Felipe Noé. Jeroglífico metafísico rioplatense, 1992. Acrílico y tinta sobre tela, 147 x 260 cm. Cortesía del Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
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Luis Felipe Noé. Cuadro de la timidez, 1963. Óleo, Madera, collage, Papel sobre tela, 100 x 80 cm. Cortesía del Museo de Bellas Artes
“…Chaos is not disorder but the true order of things in a constant state of motion. The concept of order doesn’t work because it is static and partial. To embrace chaos in the realm of the image is to understand abstract dynamics without excluding individual concreteness,” the artist explained.
Over the course of his career, Noé took part in major international exhibitions, including the 1968 Venice Biennale, where his work received wide recognition. He founded the Fundación Noé, a space dedicated to reflection on contemporary art and education.
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Yuyo Noé en Pinta Sud 2024
His artistic practice extended beyond painting into film and literature, where he offered critical reflections on the relationship between art, politics, and society. Despite being a reference in the art scene, Noé maintained a critical stance toward institutions and avant-garde movements, always defending artistic freedom.
Luis Felipe Noé's vast work will endure as a testimony of a life in which art, thought and emotion were never separated.
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