“Latina. Woman, music and glamor in Gladys Palmera” It is a great retrospective sample that recovers the memory of the great Latin American artists who conquered the world between the twenties and eighties of the last century.
Commissioned by Andrea Pacheco and Tommy Meiniresponsible for the Gladys Palmera Collection, “Latina” You can visit in the CASA DE AMERICA DE MADRID between him April 4 and July 5. The exhibition has been organized with the funds of the collection itself and can be seen with free admission. Mondo Sonoro is Half partner exclusive.
In such a context to the present, the sample stands out when putting in value the figure of pioneers of music, dance and cinema that, in a often adverse environment, took control of their careers in decades in which the woman began to emancipate in all areas. We talked about artists from the caliber of Lupe Vélez (La Lupe)María del Río, María Félix, Celia Cruz, Mercedes Sosa either Chavela Vargasamong many others.
These women brought genres such as Caribbean sauce, cumbia, Argentine folklore, bolero or Mexican ranches to the global public, combining glamor with artistic height and character. Actresses like María Félix also sang. Its impact on culture was enormous, as demonstrated by the fact that Hollywood machinery adopted its aesthetics for years.
The Foundation Gladys Palmera and House of America They expose more than five hundred unique or rare pieces. They are hundreds of photographs, records of discs, posters and garments that highlight the achievements of artists who had an indelible impact on the popular culture of the twentieth century. And whose footprint continues to last in the collective imaginary.
The exhibition is organized chronologically in five chapters. The visitor will be able to admire from a cartel of La Pasionaria with the mythical Mexican actress María Félix to the skirt stamped with bananas of the legendary French dancer and singer Joséphine Baker, a dress of the Cuban singer Celia Cruz, or photographs of the American divas Av Gardner, Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe dressed in tropical fashion fifty.
The person responsible for a foundation that treasures more than one hundred thousand objects explains the approach: “From Havana to New York, passing through Paris, Hollywood and Mexico, from the neighborhoods and the street to the great cabarets and the big screen, Latina is an almost archaeological search for the image of the Latin woman through music and musical cinema of the twentie current women in today’s society. ”
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