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Tuesday, 22 April 2014
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Respect to: La Calavera Catrina
La Calavera
Catrina ('Dapper
Skeleton', 'Elegant Skull') is a 1910–1913 zinc etching by famous
Mexican printmaker, cartoon illustrator and lithographer Jose Guadalupe Posada. The image depicts a
female skeleton dressed only in a hat befitting the upper class outfit of a
European of her time. Her chapeau en attende is related to French and European
styles of the early 20th century. She is meant to portray a satirization of
those Mexican natives who, Posada felt, were over embracing European traditions
of the aristocracy in the pre-revolutionary era. She in particular has become
an icon of the Mexican Dia de los Muertos, or Day
of the Dead.
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Originally called La Calavera
Garbancera, the etching was created sometime between 1910 and 1913 by Jose Guadalupe Posada as a broadside. The work's fame however comes from
its appearance in the first posthumous edition, which was published from the
original plates in 1930 by Frances Toor, Blas Vanegas Arroyo and Pablo
O'Higgins, entitled Mongrafia: Las Obras de Jose Guadalupe Posada, Grabador
Mexicano. Calavera Catrina (Dapper Skeleton)1. This image can be
found on plate 21 of Posada's Popular Mexican Prints.Isabel is a poupular name
for the dead.
The image made from zinc etching
captures the famous calaveras or skull/skeleton image that had become popular
at the turn of the 20th century. The original leaflet describes a person who
was ashamed of his Indian origins and dressed imitating the French style while
wearing lots of makeup to make his skin look whiter. This
description also ties to the original name garbancera, which became a
nickname given to people of indigenous ancestry who imitated European style and
denied their own cultural heritage.
"La Catrina has become the referential image of Death in Mexico, it is common to see her embodied as part of the celebrations of Day of the Dead throughout the country; she has become a motive for the creation of handcrafts made from clay or other materials, her representations may vary, as well as the hat." – J.G. Posada
While the original work by Posada
introduced the character, the popularity of La Calavera Catrina as well as her
name is derived from a work by artist Diego
Rivera in his 1948 work Sueño de una tarde
dominical en la Alameda Central (Dream of a Sunday afternoon along
Central Alameda).
Source:wiki
Friday, 28 March 2014
:( The Last Days of Cultivate Evolved Women's Day Wall
The month-long project, took up one of the ten wall spaces at Cultivate for the month of March and evolved throughout that period. The wall was unveiled on March First Thursday and could be viewed throughout march during regular gallery opening hours.
MARIE-LOUISE JONES
QUIET BRITISH ACCENT
JAMES WARD
US!
BJORK GRUE LIDIN, STEVEN RAWLINGS, SHARON REEEVES
JAMES WARD, SUGAR SKILLS, EMMA HARVEY
QUIET BRITISH ACCENT, CONSUELO CELLUZI
MARIE-LOUISE JONES
CONSUELO GIORGI
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2014…
on one slice of wall at CULTIVATE EVOLVED, Vyner St, E2
Opening Night was FIRST THURSDAY, Thursday 6th March, 6-9pm. Then from: Friday 7th March to 1st April 2014
From (First) Thursday March 6th, through to Saturday March 8th (International Women’s Day), and throughout the month of March until April 1st, Emma Harvey used her wall to celebrate International Women’s Day
“An artist take-over and art occupation of my one slice of wall at CULTIVATE EVOLVED gallery in celebration of International Women’s Day 2014.
Cultivate has now Evolved; we are ten artists each with our own distinct wall spaces, ours to use in whatever way we wish and for the month of March artists will occupy my wall space with me to mark International Women’s Day 2014.
International Women’s Day has been observed since the early 1900′s. Annually on 8th March, thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate achievements. The UN theme for International Women’s Day 2014 is ‘Inspiring Change’ (http://www.internationalwomensday.com/)
This one wall space was filled full with paintings, drawings, photography, prints, words…a vibrant, busy wall, bursting full of female energy and positive creativity…”
ARTISTS who took part included:
AGATA CARDOSO – www.agatacardoso.com
BERNADETTE LOUISE – www.bernadettelouise.com
BJORK GRUE LIDIN – http://hystericalfeminisms.com/
CONSUELO CELLUZI – www.consuelo.co.uk
CONSUELO GIORGI – www.babesinhorrorland.com
EMMA BUGGY – http://emmabuggy.com/
EMMA HARVEY – www.evh-art.co.uk
JAMES WARD – www.jameswardart.com
JO FISHER ROBERTS – http://fisherroberts.co.uk/
KATRINE STOREBO – www.katrinestorebo.com
MARIE-LOUISE JONES – www.marielouisejones.com
QUIET BRITISH ACCENT – www.quietbritishaccent.com
ROSSELLA SPOTO – www.rossodanero.wordpress.com
SHARON REEVES – www.sharonreevesart.co.uk
STEVEN RAWLINGS – www.stevenrawlings.net
SUGAR SKILLS – www.sugarskills.blogspot.co.uk
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Photos From Kissing In Traffic Exhibition and Opening Night
On Thursday 20th February; these pictures were taken by Kate Carter Fine art Graduate from BCU's School of Art. www.katemariecarter.co.uk https://twitter.com/katecarterart Instagram:@katemariecarterart
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