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Edgardo Antonio VIGO - artist, activist, promoter of the avant-garde, pioneer of Latin American Conceptual art and only recently heralded as central to this history of the 60s and 70s. Born in 1928 La Plata, nr. Buenos Aries, Vigo rarely left his hometown, yet through his extensive contacts he became a central lynchpin in the development of Latin American Art. Throughout his life he worked at the local Ministry of Justice, spending his days there and returning home to work.

Vigo lived through the ‘Dirty War’ (1974-83) and was a constant critic of the system. His strong judgement of Western …