Hugo Demarco was an Argentine-born French painter associated with the kinetic and Nouvelle Tendance movements.
11 Facts About Hugo Demarco
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Hugo Demarco's work created "very active structures, in spite of the simplicity of their patterns" by using form, color, texture, and rhythm, including color degradation and chromatic contrasts, to create movement.
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Hugo Rodolfo Demarco was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 13 July 1932.
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Hugo Demarco was of Italian descent and later spent time in Brescia, Italy.
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Hugo Demarco started creating kinetic artwork with other Latin American expat artists, including Argentinians Antonio Asis, Mariano Carrera, Carlos Aguero, and Armando Durante and Venezuelan Jesus Rafael Soto, in addition to Le Parc and Garcia Rossi.
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Hugo Demarco was among the early members of the Groupe de Recherche d'Art Visuel, a group of visual artists including Le Parc, Soto, Sergio de Camargo, and Francois Morellet, among others.
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Hugo Demarco was in Position, a group of Argentine geometrical artists living and working in Paris, including Antonio Asis, Carlos Aguero, and Armando Durante, upon its creation in 1971.
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Hugo Demarco served as a trainer for the PUC rugby club.
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Hugo Demarco was featured in two documentaries within the Nouvelle Tendance movement: Le mouvement and Lumiere et mouvement.
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Hugo Demarco died in the Aubervilliers area of Paris on 28 November 1995.
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The highest recorded price for one of Hugo Demarco's paintings was a 2008 Sotheby's New York auction that sold Relief a Deplacement Continuelle for US$67,000.