'Noah's Ark' by Liber Fridman, Circa 1940, Argentine Outsider Artist, Buenos Aires Modern of Modern Art, Peru

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A stunningly original mixed-media collage showing an Ark containing various life-forms and a dove resting in the waves. Fridman has … Read more A stunningly original mixed-media collage showing an Ark containing various life-forms and a dove resting in the waves. Fridman has used oil paint, papyrus and pre-columbian textiles to fashion a powerful interpretation of this fundamental symbol of Christian iconography.

Signed lower left, 'Liber Fridman' (Argentinian, 1910-2003) and created circa 1940.

This listed Argentine artist explored the juxtaposition of pre-Columbian and post-contact modes of expression with his multimedia approach in art. Fridman's work exalts pre-Columbian textile as art. Liber Fridman traveled extensively throughout South America during his career as an artist, studying and painting in Paraguay, Brazil, Venezuela and Peru.

Over the course of a long career, Liber Fridman exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards. His work is held in the the permanent collections of national and international museums including the Phoenix Museum of Fine Arts, the Tel Aviv Museum of Modern Art, the Buenos Aires Modern Art Museum, the Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art, the Stockholm Museum of Modern Art, Miami Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam Museum of Modern Art, Punta del Este Museum of American Art, Curitiba Museum of Contemporary Art among others

Individual exhibitions:

CASA ARGENTINA, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1946
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Bahia, Brazil, 1946
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1948
SALON PEUSER, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1948
VIAU GALLERY, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1950
CLUB LOS CORTIJOS, Caracas, Venezuela, 1955
INSTITUTO CULTURAL PERUANO BRITÁNICO, Lima, Peru, 1958
WITCOMB GALLERY, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1962
ART CENTER, Lima, Peru, 1964
CAMELBACK GALLERIES, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 1964
ATELIER CHAPMAN KELLEY, Dallas, Texas, USA, 1964
331 GALLERY, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 1964
SAVANNAH ART ASSOCIATION, Savannah, Georgia, USA, 1964
SPELMAN COLLEGE, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1964
GALLERI LATINA, Stockholm, Sweden, 1965
GALLERY MALURA. Munich, Germany, 1965
KUNST KABINETT, Ingolstadt, Germany, 1965
GALERÍA RIOBOO, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1965
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Lima, Peru, 1966
AUSTIN GALLERY, SANTA BARBARA, California, USA, 1966
GALLERI GAMMEL STRAND, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1966
GALLERI LATINA, Stockholm, Sweden, 1966
VONDERAU MUSEUM, Fulda, Germany, 1966
DEL MONTE GALLERY, Montecito, California, USA, 1967
GALLERY MONCLOA, Lima, Peru, 1968
MIAMI MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, Miami, Florida, USA, 1968
ART GALLERY INTERNATIONAL, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1969
GALLERY JORACI, Mar del Plata, Argentina, 1972
ATICA GALLERY, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1973
A GALLERY, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1975
STATE MUSEUM, Bahia, Brazil, 1975
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Curitiba, Brazil, 1975
HUAMANGAGA GALLERY, Lima, Peru, 1976
MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Punta del Este, Uruguay, 1978
GALLERY SEPIA, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1978
GALLERY ENCUENTROS, Pinamar, Argentina, 1979
GALERÍA FEDERICO URSOMARZO, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1980
PROVINCIAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS "Emilio Caraffa," Cordoba, Argentina, 1981
BEIT ARIELA LIBRARY, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1983
CASA ARGENTINA, Rome, Italy, 1983
CASA D 'EUROPA DELLA CULTURE E DELLA COOPERAZIONE, Ferrara, Italy, 1983
MODERN ART MUSEUM, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1985
JUNG INSTITUTE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1986
ARGENTINA TELEVISORA COLOR, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987
SOCIEDAD HEBRAICA ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1987
GALERÍA MAGISTER, Asuncion, Paraguay, 1988
NATIONAL EXHIBITION ROOMS, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1989
CULTURAL CENTER EUGENIO F. VIRLA, Tucumán, Argentina, 1991
CENTRO CULTURAL BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA, Rosario, Argentina, 1992
CENTER OF CONGRESSES AND CONVENTIONS OF COSQUIN, Córdoba, Argentina, 1992
COLECTIVA DE ARTE ARGENTINA, Tucson, Arizona, USA, 1992
GALLERY ELIZABETH ANTONOVA, Miami, Florida, USA, 1993
MUSEUM OF PLASTIC ARTS POMPEO BOGGIO, Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Group exhibitions:

GAMALDE GRAPHIK, Stadtteater, Ingolstadt, Germany, 1966
INTERNATIONAL SALON OF THE PETIT FORMAT, Galleri Latina Stockholm, Sweden, 1968
II SAMPLE OF LATIN AMERICAN ART, Italian Art Museum, Lima, Peru, 1987
ART BA '92, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1992

Biographical information and image of the artist courtesy of Latin American Art Gallery. See less