"Tres Argentinos en San Francisco Art Institute" (Three Argentines in San Fran Francisco Art Institue)
The work of D'Antoni proposes the integration of traditional painting and its icons into a landscape set in the present. He appears to be telling us that we should not lose contact with the artistic achievements of the past. We see the past as a precarious but indispensable springboard to catapult toward an uncertain future. At Klein, professor at SFAI, writes, "Pablo is truly in love with the beauty of painting, and he makes it a primary subject of his work, with visual eloquence and an edge of humor.
In his intriguing elongated painting, whose shape suggests a long road, D'Antoni disorients us. Any format that evades the traditional rectangle or square unsettles the eye and immediately rivets our attention. We look for reason why. D'Antoni's why is an attempt at activating that Ping-Pong between history and ignorance, between attainment and futility. In ignoring the wealth to be found in past experience, we are renouncing access to an immeasurable source of highly useful information. Klein adds, "Pablo's miniatures draw the viewer into an intimate experience about art. He pays homage to his reverence to the old masters while at the same time, he engages the viewer with other objects, spaces, and an elapsing of time…