In the early 1950s, Luis Felipe Noé (Buenos Aires, 1933) began his training with Horacio Butler (figurative artist of the renovation group of Paris during the 1930s). His first exhibition was in 1959. In 1961, he exhibited at the Galería Peuser together with Ernesto Deira, Rómulo Macció, and Jorge de la Vega: it was the exhibition of the group, Otra Figuración [Other Figuration] that jointly exhibited until 1965. Noé was known, as well, for his theoretical reflections on art in a contemporary society; among his definitions, his consideration of chaos as a structure of the work was pivotal. Among his books are Antiestética [Anti-aesthetics] (Buenos Aires: Editorial Van Riel, 1965) and Una sociedad colonial avanzada [An Advanced Colonial Society] (Buenos Aires: Ediciones De La Flor, 1971).
Oscar Masotta (1930–1979) was an Argentinean intellectual that published essays on contemporary culture as well as on Lacanian psychoanalysis.
The letter is an actual transcription kept in Noé’s papers; the original is illegible. It is an important document for understanding the 1960s aesthetic and political discussions. See, as well, Noé’s letter to Masotta sent from New York, in December 1967, which is referenced in this document (see document no. 740408).