Hugo Demarco was an Argentine

Argentina

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-born French

France

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 painter. Born in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, he relocated to Paris

Paris

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, where he joined a community of expatriate South American painters including Julio Le Parc

Julio Le Parc

Julio le Parc is a modern Latin American kinetic artist born in 1928 and active mainly in Argentina. He is also an Op artist.-External links:**...

 and Jesús-Rafael Soto. Apart from his artistic career, he has served as a trainer for the PUC rugby club

Paris Université Club

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Demarco's work is concerned largely with color and movement. He traveled widely and gave many personal exhibitions of his work, especially between the years 1961 and 1989. Afterward he continued to create work and his work continued to be exhibited, often alongside the work of fellow South Americans Le Parc, Soto, Horacio Garcia Rossi, and Carlos Cruz-Diez

Carlos Cruz-Díez

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His work has long been exhibited at Denise René

Denise René

Denise René is a French gallerist.In 1955 she organized the exhibition Le Mouvement, which helped to popularize kinetic art.In 2001, the Centre Georges Pompidou paid homage to her with an exhibition titled "Denise René, une galerie dans l'aventure de l'art abstrait. 1944-1978".- External links :*...

's gallery. Some of his unfinished works are currently undergoing restoration and will soon be made available for purchase and exhibition.