29 Facts About Alberto Greco

Alberto Greco was an Argentine artist who was instrumental in the development of conceptual art in Argentina, Brazil, and Spain.

Alberto Greco's best-known artwork is a series called Vivo Dito in which Greco draws attention to objects and people as living art pieces within everyday life.

Alberto Greco was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1931.

Alberto Greco was part of a family of five; his older brother, Jorge Julio, was eight years his senior, and his brother Edgardo was younger than him by four years.

Alberto Greco's mother was Ana Victoria Disolina Ferraris and his father was Francisco Jose.

Alberto Greco was a student of Tomas Maldonado and attended many workshops put on by Cecilia Marcouch.

Alberto Greco attended the School of Fine Arts but dropped out.

Alberto Greco only desired a handful of things, such as validation, glory, and fame, and tried getting them in various ways.

Alberto Greco created numerous manifestos and these are just a few of them.

Alberto Greco created many different manifestos during his Vito Dito series such as his "Gran Manifiesto-Rollo Arte Vito Dito".

Alberto Greco created a manifesto titled "Grand vito-dito Anti Manifiesto".

Alberto Greco often reflected on his identity and sought to redefine himself through his art and actions.

Alberto Greco often was overwhelmed by his being and through this aspired to break away from his identity.

Alberto Greco was fascinated with quotidian reality; which is the idea of belonging to each day.

Alberto Greco once wrote a manifesto on a scroll and strung it around the town, calling it "Gran Manifiesto- Rollo Arte Vivo Dito".

Alberto Greco would draw circles on the ground and sign his name outside the circle.

Some accounts suggest that Alberto Greco once drew a circle around a man during his Vivo Dito project, symbolically trapping him within the artwork.

Alberto Greco described Vivo Dito as a living art form, emphasizing its role as a dynamic and evolving concept.

Alberto Greco believed that art is an act of discovery and a process of looking.

Alberto Greco created this series because he believed that people should not create art and then go back and re-decorate it.

Alberto Greco often compared a finished project to a dead object; when something dies you do not go to its grave and dig it up to change its appearance or add to it, you simply let it rest, as you should to your artwork.

Alberto Greco often wrote "live art seeks its object"; this is the reason he went out and pursued objects to sign because art is all around us.

Alberto Greco created many different paintings during his Vivo Dito series such as these.

Alberto Greco's piece was taken out of the exhibition because the mice began to reek.

Alberto Greco had the opportunity to present some of his artwork before the President of Italy in 1963.

Alberto Greco here performed a political piece that included rats and was titled "Christ 63".

Alberto Greco immersed himself in different forms of art and created poetry as well as jewellery.

Alberto Greco committed suicide on October 14,1965, a few months after his 35th birthday.

Alberto Greco emphasized the importance of big gestures and overdramatized performances; in his mind, that was the only way to convey his ideas.