Early Life and Formation in Argentina César Paternosto, born in La Plata, Argentina, in 1931, emerged from a vibrant artistic milieu that was grappling with the legacy of European modernism and forging its own distinctly Latin American identity. His initial forays into art were marked by an engagement with Grupo Sí, a collective exploring gestural abstraction—a direct response to the prevailing currents of Informalism. This early peri…