Alberto Greco in Piedralaves
Alberto Greco
Argentine, 1931–1965
1963
This gelatin silver print shows an artist in a small Spanish village pointing toward his name painted on a wall, a staged public gesture meant to collapse personal identity and everyday life into art.
What hits you is the confrontational immediacy—the man in a broad hat dominates the foreground with a steady, pointed arm and intense gaze while the painted name on the distant wall and the rough village textures create a suspenseful interplay between subject and setting.
The image documents a mid-1960s performative intervention that helped push art out of galleries and into public space, anticipating conceptual practices that questioned authorship, context, and what counts as art.
Medium
Gelatin silver print, printed 2003
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 11 13/16" (23.7 × 30 cm)
Image: 7 3/8 × 10 13/16" (18.7 × 27.5 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Accession
261.2016.10
Palette
Art Terms
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