THE “B-SIDE” OF POLESELLO AT THE CENTRO CULTURAL BORGES
A little over ten years after his death, numerous unpublished works by the Argentine artist are being exhibited for the first time, including engravings, sketches, paintings, sculptures, and objects.
As part of its 30th anniversary celebrations, the Centro Cultural Borges presents a comprehensive exhibition of Argentine artist Rogelio Polesello. Más aquí. Rogelio Polesello 1970–2000 is dedicated to his historical works—paintings and acrylics produced from the late 1950s, when his artistic career began, through to his final years. The exhibition brings together a wide selection of works from the personal collection of Naná Gallardo, along with archival materials and pieces from numerous public and private collections across the country.
Known affectionately as “Pole” within the art community, Polesello became a central figure in the Latin American cultural scene from a very young age. His work is held in the collections of MoMA and the Guggenheim in New York, as well as Argentina’s Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Museo de Arte Moderno, and MACBA. He stood out for his pursuit of motion within stillness and his innovative articulation of the connections between art, design, industry, and architecture.
His experimentation with new materials—particularly acrylic—gave his work a distinctive character. The interplay between order and randomness, along with his bold use of color, left a lasting mark on the Argentine art scene through an unmistakable and original style.
Más aquí. Rogelio Polesello 1970–2000 brings together works that challenge the common perception of the artist, often associated mainly with his production from the 1960s. This exhibition aims to present a broader, less time-bound view of his practice—one free from the historiographic weight of “belonging to his era”—and reveals new approaches and possibilities beyond the finished object.
The show revisits his experiments with carved acrylic from the late 1960s and places special emphasis on his 1970s works with colorless acrylic, as well as his 1980s pieces made with cutouts and fragments. It also highlights his printmaking, including a series of monotypes created in Caracas in the mid-1970s, and focuses significantly on his paintings from the final three decades of the 20th century.
Curated by Santiago Villanueva, the exhibition is held in the Berni Room—an iconic space that has hosted many of Argentina’s most celebrated artists. The museography was specially designed to support the curatorial vision, offering a dynamic and sensory journey through the artist’s various creative phases.
Más aquí. Rogelio Polesello 1970–2000 is on view until December 21, 2025, at the Centro Cultural Borges, Viamonte 525, Buenos Aires (Argentina).
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