Leandro Katz
Year born:
1938
Location:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Argentine artist, writer, and filmmaker, known for his films and his photography installations, Leandro Katz’s works include long-term projects that deal with Latin American subjects, and incorporate historical research, anthropology, and visual arts. He has made eighteen books and artists’ books, and seventeen narrative and non-narrative films. His documentary essay El Día Que Me Quieras (1997) received the Coral Prize at the Latin American Film Festival, Havana, among others. From 1965 until 2006 he lived in New York where he conducted creative and academic activities. He currently lives in Buenos Aires. His exhibition Raptures, Diagonals and Ruptures was recently shown at Espacio Fundación Telefónica, curated by Bérénice Reynaud.