Gustavo Charif , of its true name Charif El-Kheshen , born the August 18th 1966 with Buenos Aires, is a painter, writer and experimental of character mannerist and odd Réalisateur.

It definite like “incarnated stateless person”. As “a actionnist”, it carried out performances as to give the price “Charif d' Or” in the door of the National museum of Art schools of Buenos Aires (1997), or Holy canonization of Luce Moreau Arrabal as the “Lily” before the Western frontage of Notre-Dame, with the presence of the Collège of 'Pataphysique.

In 1997, the Museum of Modern art of Buenos Aires organizes the first retrospective of its experimental court-measurings. In 2000, it is the single South American one among Roland Topor, El Salvador Dalí, Olivier O. Olivier, with the exposure “Kaléidoscopies: Arrabal and artists”, organized by the Museum Baron Gerard, of Bayeux. It is also the year when it becomes acquainted with Fernando Arrabal and of Alejandro Jodorowsky.

In 2002, Arrabal and Milan Kundera invite Charif to make the images of their first book of artist together (“Cartas”, ED. Menú, Cuenca, of 40 specimens). The same year with the exposure “profane Alchemy” publishes “Incarnated Proclamation” and a book of the Gallery Daniel Fine Maman Art with foreword of Arrabal and a letter of Kundera.

In 2004, Central Farming Borges organized the great exposure " Alexandrie".

It is one of the creators in 2005 of the movement “Infinilogy” (infinilogy) with Andres Onna and Agares Graber.

Quotations

“the artistic gift is not a good fortune périclitant in the niche of glass. Borgès, Macedonio, Xul Solar and Gustavo E. Charif forms the Argentinian quadriga of Good fortune. ”
Fernando Arrabal, “the fortune of Argentinian”, the Express train of January 31st, 2002.

External bonds

• Article on Holy Lily, in Spanish
• IMDB (Internet Movie Dated Base), in English
• Official site, Spanish

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