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In 1935, at 11 years old Melé began to study drawing and painting under the guidance of artist
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Melé returned to Buenos Aires in 1950 and began to write as an art critic for several publications. Upon his return to
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and at the Maison de l'Amerique Latine. The following year Melé traveled to Italy where he met several concrete artists and exhibited work at the librería Salto in Milan. That same year while traveling in
Switzerland Melé met Swiss artist and leading theorist of concrete art Max Bill.
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the II Bienal de São Pablo as well as the XII Salón de Arte Mar del Plata and the Salón Anual de la
Provincia de Corrientes (Argentina)where he was awarded third prize. In 1955 Melé, along with
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Beginning in 1990, Melé lived between Buenos Aires and Paris. Melé was awarded the
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