";s:4:"text";s:1852:"5 x 4 feet, MALBA, Buenos Aires. Antonio Berni | Juanito Dormido, 1978, mixed media, approx. Antonio Berni, who apprenticed with a stained-glass manufacturer as a child, began his artistic career as a Surrealist, producing paintings and collages.In the 1930s, Berni’s practice shifted towards critical and social realism; around then he banded with other young artists to espouse the New Realism movement, dedicated to highlighting class struggle and social injustice in Argentina. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Antonio Berni, who apprenticed with a stained-glass manufacturer as a child, began his artistic career as a Surrealist, producing paintings and collages.In the 1930s, Berni’s practice shifted towards critical and social realism; around then he banded with other young artists to espouse the New Realism movement, dedicated to highlighting class struggle and social injustice in Argentina. He is associated with the movement known as Nuevo Realismo ("New Realism"), a Latin American extension of social realism.His work, including a series of Juanito Laguna collages depicting poverty and the effects of industrialization in Buenos Aires, has been exhibited around the world. Juanito Pescando Entre Latas Antonio Berni • 1972 Juanito Laguna Remontando Un Barrilete Antonio Berni • 1973 Ramona Y La Adivina Antonio Berni • 1976 The method is indicative of Berni’s experimental nature as an artist, and is also based on techniques he had developed decades before, as he was known for collecting photographs and newspaper imagery to use as studies for his paintings. View Antonio Berni’s artworks on artnet. Delesio Antonio Berni (Rosario, 14 May 1905 - Buenos Aires, 13 October 1981) was an Argentine figurative artist.