Marilú Marini, Aida Laib, Ana Kamien, Danza Actual (Poster for a dance performance at the Teatro Alianza Francesa, Buenos Aires)

Edgardo Miguel Gimenez

1964

An offset-lithograph poster from 1964 in which the designer advertises a contemporary dance program by assembling a playful, fragmented figure from photographic, floral, and typographic elements to suggest movement and identity.

What strikes you is its vertical simplicity—crossed black legs form a poised dancer, stacked quotation‑mark shapes stand in for a torso, a cut‑out smiling mouth hovers beneath a single deep‑red rose, producing a spare, witty, almost choreographed collage.

It exemplifies 1960s graphic experimentation in Argentina and beyond, where photomontage, typography, and surreal juxtaposition turned posters into artistic statements that helped introduce and promote avant‑garde performance.

Palette

Art Terms

Lithography Graphic design Poster Photomontage Avant-garde Dance

Exhibitions

Spanish and U.S. Government Posters

1937

Latin-American Art, 1931–1966, from the Museum Collection

1967

Works from the Museum Collection of Dance and Theatre Design

1945

Dance and Theatre Design

1944