Konex Foundation and Visual Arts

I Konex Exhibition

In 1992, the I Konex Exhibition was organized to invite artists who had received the Merit Diplomas in the event of the 1992 Konex Awards: Visual Arts, for disciplines such as: Painting, Mixed Techniques, New Proposals, Installations and Drawing.
It took place at the Palais de Glace, (National Culture Halls) November 5 through December 6, 1992.
The 1st Prize was granted to Carlos Gorriarena for his work "The shadow as a river"; the Special Prize for artists under 45 years old was given to Jorge Alvaro, and the Special Mentions to Fernando Fazzolari and Eduardo Médici.

II Konex Exhibition

In 1994, the II Konex Exhibition was organized. A Special Jury was summoned to select the 100 most important Argentine Painters in Argentine History of Painting 1810/1994. The members of the Jury chose the most representative work by each artist. Then an exhibition was mounted at the National Museum of Fine Arts, from September 6 through October 9. The exhibition was called "100 Masterpieces by 100 Argentine Painters" and it was visited by over 100.000 people.

100 Masterpieces by 100 Argentine Painters

Following the II Konex Exhibition in 1994 a book was published, and all these works were reproduced, including both comments from the painters and their biographies.

Konex Foundation Painting Collection

As from the II Exhibit, the Konex Foundation decided to form a painting collection including 100 Masterpieces of 100 Argentine Painters representative of the Argentine visual arts, to organize an itinerant exhibition in our country and abroad.

Horacio Butler Award

In 1989, a painting competition was organized in co-operation with the National Arts Fund. 1st Prize went to Enzo Juan Oliva for his work: "The Writer and the Dog". 2nd Prize to Jorge Vidal for his painting: "No Title". 1st Mention: Enrique Burone Risso for his "Wide Concrete". 2nd Mention to: Daniel Eduardo Waisbord for: "Porteño Corner". An exhibition was mounted with the selected paintings at the Centro Cultural Recoleta, August 7 through 26, 1990.

Other Contributions

• Sponsoring of the Exhibition by Elba Soto at the Palais de Glace May 29 through June 16, 1991.
• Sponsoring of the Mímesis Exhibition, organized together with the Embassy of Mexico: 50 masterpieces by 25 Mexican artists were exhibited. At that time artistic creativity and technology were brought together, so a highly original set of graphic symbols was obtained using the full laser colour Konex CLC 500 photocopiers (1993).
• Sponsoring of the Exhibition "Homage to Horacio Butler" (Diamond Konex 1982: Visual Arts), at the National Museum of Fine Arts, June 29 through July 25, 1993.
• Sponsoring of the Exhibition and Projection of Digital Works of High Entropy, performed at the Planetarium in the City of Buenos Aires, organized by Gyula Kosice, as from December 1 through 3 , 1995.
• Sponsoring of "The Anybody 96’ International Colloquium" at the National Museum of Fine Arts, as from June 6 through 8, 1996.
• Sponsoring of Artist Marcelo Bonevardi’s Exhibition, which was initially itinerant, inaugurated December 11, 1996 at the Museo Provincial of Fine Arts, Córdoba. Later on it was shown in Rosario and culminated in Buenos Aires at the Centro Cultural Borges in April 1997.
• Sponsoring of Artist Víctor L. Rebuffo Exhibition, on September 29 through October 9, at the Galería de Arte Colonial (1997).
• Sponsoring of Nora Dobarro Bode’s works, at Centro Cultural Recoleta, October 29 through November 15, 1998.
• Sponsoring of Nora Dobarro Bode in the 1st Biennial of Contemporary Art, in Germany (1999).
• Sponsoring of the presentation of a short film "The Seventh Day" by Gabriel M. Lichtmann, in the Six Edition of the Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericá de Lleida/Lérida and in Toulouse, during March 2000.
• Sponsoring of the exhibition by Mario Alberto Agatiello at the Gran Hotel Llao-Llao Resort in June, 2000.
• Sponsoring of the exhibition by Lolo Nagore and Ana Gallacher, in the province of Tucumán, August, 2000.
• Sponsoring of the exhibition by Mirta Kupferminc on Jewish Culture, at the Synagogue "El Patronato" in La Havana, Cuba, February 2001.