Mino Argento

Mino Agento, is an Italian artist, born in Rome in January 5, 1927. He lived there until 1969 when he moved to New York City.

Argento has moved away from his early white and grey compositions into color. It is so incorporated that it is a subject in his work. He uses a shimmering palette in which the colors are as juxtaposed as his shapes. Argento creates different moods within each work through his use of color. He enjoys contrasting the hardness and the aridity of penciled lines with sensuous layers of oil.

Argento has exhibited in 60's, 70's and 80's. Los Angeles, New York, Rome, France. Among the galleries where he has shown are OK Harris And Betty Parsons.

EXHIBITED WITH THESE ARTISTS:

1977, Dec 20-Dec 31, Group Exhibition, Betty Parsons Gallery. Mino Argento, Calvert Caggeshall, Minoru Kawabata, Richard Tuttle, Ruth Vollmer, Robert Yasuda, Helene Aylon and Cleve Gray (among others).

1978, 2-10 Septembre, Group Exhibition 14, "7 Artistes Americains, 7 Artistes Europeans . Galerie Doree Michel Gueranger et Maire de Deauville Anne d'Ornano.. Casino de Deauville hall et Galerie Doree, Deauville France. Jean Allemand, Shusaku Arakawa, Mino Argento^[13], Juhana Blomstedt, Ronald Davis, Maxime Defert, Michel Gueranger, Patrick Ireland, Nicholas Krushenick, Barry LeVa, Finn Mickelborg, Philippe Morisson, Georges Noel, Frank Stella.

1979, Nardin Gallery, New York. (Group show of Contemporary Italian Art). Lawrence Calcagno, Gio Pomodoro, Marcello Boccacci, Giorgio de Chirico, Marino Marini (sculptor), Mino Argento, Giorgio Morandi, Gustavo Foppiani. Twenty-eight artists are represented in 50 pieces of sculpture and painting)

1983, May 25-June 18, Group Exhibition, Betty Parsons Gallery. Mino Argento, Jack Youngerman, David Budd, Calvert Coggshall, Cleve Gray, Lee Hall, Minoru Kawabata, Richard Pousette-Dart, Leon Polk Smith, Hedda Sterne, Ed Zutrau and Sari Dienes (among others)