This [text] is a chapter from the book La desaparición de los límites [The Disappearance of Limits]. In “Los nuevos procesos y la representación figurativa”, [The New Processes and Figurative Representation] curator Zuleiva Vivas (n. 1951) deftly presents the type and diversity of methods used by Claudio Perna (1938-97), a Venezuelan conceptual artist of Italian origin; she explains the artist’s proposal for “figurative” representation that was not the traditional “figurative art.” Vivas has dedicated a great part of her work as a curator and research to Perna’s work. Their friendship, as well as her vast knowledge of his work, permits her to opine authoritatively on his creative obsessions, his incessant activity, and the enduring presence of the environment in all his proposals. The author also highlights Perna’s opinions on the function of an artist and art, both in Venezuela and in Latin America.
[For other texts on this artist, see the ICAA digital archive: “1: Hoy es arte lo que no era” by Margarita D’Amico (doc. no. 1068360); “El autocurrículum de Claudio Perna, escultura social y novela hiperrealista” by Luis Enrique Pérez-Oramas (doc. no. 1161917); “Claudio Perna o cómo ser libre en la marginalidad” by Roberto Guevara (doc. no. 1080814); (without title) [Vivir quiere decir dejar huellas…]” by Elsa Flores (doc. no. 1063156); “Arte - idea – geografía” by María Elena Ramos (doc. no. 1080766); “Lo fundamental es inventar, Claudio Perna: Este domingo expondrá más de cincuenta dibujos en la Sala Mendoza” by Mara Comerlati (doc. no. 1068403); “Disfruto el estilo de no tener estilo Claudio Perna” by José Napoleón Oropeza (doc. no. 1067382) and by Lourdes Blanco “Claudio Perna: fotocopias” (doc. no. 1080715). The following texts by Zuleiva Vivas are also available: Zuleiva Vivas: “Intervención creativa en el contexto social” (doc. no. 1161969), “Visión panorámica de las nuevas cartografías” (doc. no. 1157158), “Los nuevos procesos y la representación figurativa” (doc. no. 1157174), “Las opciones del tiempo para el nuevo espíritu” (doc. no. 1065674); “Claudio Perna y el arte del pensamiento” (doc. no. 1163950)].