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Augusto Calvillo y García (b. 1990) is a naturalized American conceptual artist.

Biography
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Early life
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Expanded description
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Death and afterward
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Narrative
Calvillo's most prominent concept (explored in NARRATIVE 1, NARRATIVE 2, and NARRATIVE 3) is the "primacy of narrative" in the artworld. These works, all screen printed canvases, describe the history of the works themselves and attempt to out

Contrast with the institutional theory of art
Most conceptual artists today subscribe to some version of the institutional theory of art. Calvillo, however, expresss doubt about definitions of art. Instead, Calvillo takes heavy influence from contemporary aestheticians, especially Noël Carroll, who developed a methodology for identifying art based on historical narratives.

Influence of post-structuralism
Heavily influenced by both post-structuralist narratology, especially by narrative analysis (which is not concerned with the truth value of narratives), and Barthes' post-structural method of literary analysis as espoused in The Death of the Author.