▁art ▁critic ▁Ern esto ▁Rodríguez , ▁became ▁the ▁leading ▁local ▁exponent ▁of ▁Sur real ism ▁in ▁art . ▁Art ▁gallery ▁catalog s ▁featuring ▁images ▁of ▁Bar rag án ' s ▁can v ases ▁would ▁feature ▁his ▁signature ▁phrase : ▁" In ▁art , ▁each ▁work , ▁as ▁it ▁is ▁being ▁created , ▁will ▁make ▁its ▁own ▁rules ." ▁▁ ▁After ▁the ▁two ▁expos ures ▁of ▁Or ion , ▁Bar rag án ▁worked ▁on ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁small ▁can v ases ▁with ▁figures ▁and ▁heads , ▁and ▁these ▁were ▁displayed ▁in ▁his ▁first ▁solo ▁exhibition , ▁at ▁the ▁Gal er ía ▁S inton ía , ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁The ▁geometric ▁a est h etic ▁in ▁his ▁works ▁yield ed ▁to ▁more ▁toward ▁the ▁abstract ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁and ▁broke ▁with ▁the ▁Ge ometric , ▁Con crete ▁and ▁L yr ical ▁Ab stra ction ▁tr ends ▁prev ail ing ▁among ▁Argent ine ▁artists ▁at ▁the ▁time . ▁▁ ▁Bar rag án ▁was ▁among ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁the ▁Tw enty ▁P ain ters ▁and ▁S cul pt ors ▁group , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁worked ▁between ▁ 1 9 5 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 3 ; ▁the ▁group ▁also ▁included ▁Juli án ▁Al th abe , ▁Vic ente ▁For te , ▁Carlos ▁Tor r all ard ona , ▁Bruno ▁Ven ier , ▁L í bero ▁Bad ii , ▁A ure lio ▁Mac chi ▁and ▁Juan ▁Carlos ▁Lab ourd ette . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁given