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(b. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,1930). Camargo's most recognized work consists of geometric volumes carved in marble. He began studying art at the age of sixteen at Altamira Academy in Buenos Aires. There he came into contact with artists Emilio Pettoruti and Lucio Fontana. He moved to Paris in 1948 to study at the Sornbonne. He began making sculpture and soon developed relationships with artists Brancusi, Arp and Vantongerloo. He returned to Brazil to exhibit at the National Salon of Modern Art in 1954. That same year he made his first wood reliefs for which he later received the International Sculpture prize at the Paris Biennale in 1963. He was commissioned to build a sculptural wall for the foreign ministry building in Brasilia in 1965, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer. In 1966 he represented Brazil in the Venice Biennale. In the 1970s Camargo started working with marble. Since 1974 he has been settled in Rio de Janeiro, and has continued to exhibit widely in Brazil and Europe.
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