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An exhibition of photographs by Antonio Massa in Madrid reveals the best of Argentine popular music

2023-03-01T12:29:16.982Z


The Antonio Massa exhibition. A photography worker, which he inaugurated at Casa de América, shows that Argentine music is one of the strongest ties that exists between the two capitals. It is part of the Buenos Aires-Madrid Connection program sponsored by Revista Ñ.


Behind the butterfly by the artist Andrés Paredes located on the façade of Casa de América, in the most artistic area of ​​Madrid, two exhibitions stand out within the

Buenos Aires-Madrid Connection

program promoted by

the Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture and that cut its inauguration ribbon this Wednesday in the Spanish capital.

In front of the Plaza de Cibeles you can breathe Argentine art.

Conexión Buenos Aires-Madrid

was organized by the Buenos Aires Government to promote Buenos Aires as a destination to live, visit and study.

It is sponsored by Ñ, Clarín

's cultural magazine

, which last November celebrated its 1,000th edition, presented at the Salón Dorado of the Teatro Colón and at the Instituto Cervantes in Madrid, and which this year celebrates 20 years of continuous presence both in its paper format and digitally.

Behind the agreement with Casa de América to bring the works of artists, photographers and costume designers there are the director of International Cultural Cooperation of the City of Buenos Aires, María Victoria Alcaraz,

and

the director of the institution,

Enrique Ojeda Vila

.

From March 1 to 15, the Palacio de Linares will host visual arts shows, film screenings, plays, musical proposals, and dance.

On the second floor of the space that since 1992 has housed the cultural center for the exchange between Spain and America, the sample of Antonio Massa

is exhibited .

A worker in photography

curated by his granddaughter, Catalina Serrano Massa.

It is exhibited simultaneously in the Photogallery of the San Martín Theater, founded in 1985 by Sara Facio.

The show brings together images from

three generations of photographers

from the studio founded in the 1960s by Antonio (here he appears in a portrait of his granddaughter) and which, as the years go by, proves to be

a true relief of Argentine popular music

, as well as of some of the most illustrious visits in Buenos Aires.

The always current Rafaella Carrá photographed by Antonio Massa.

Press photo from the Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture.

Between Antonio Massa, who traveled to the inauguration in Madrid at the age of over 80, and his son José Luis, they photographed the first steps of musicians such as

Piazzola

(the photo is undated),

Sandro, Charly García and Fito Páez, and the Soda Stereo trio

.

Also

Julio Sosa and La Negra, Libertad Lamarque

and a

Sergio Denis

almost out of adolescence.

Massa is also the author of the

emblematic kiss from "El Polaco" Goyeneche to Osvaldo Pugliese.

In this millennium, Catalina was added to the team, who grew up among developing liquids and analog shots that inspired her to follow in the footsteps of her grandfather and uncle.

The work of her granddaughter is a product of her time: she has dedicated herself to recording the trap scene and there are the portraits of

Trueno and Cazzu,

among others.

The Conexión Buenos Aires - Madrid program is sponsored by Revista Ñ, which celebrated its 1000th issue in November and this year celebrates its 20th anniversary since its first publication.

Photo Clarin.

There is also space for photographs of

Sandro

, a gigantography of the

Rolling Stones

, an image of a pre-adolescent

Luis Miguel, Caetano Veloso

in a hippie version, the always eternal

Joan Manuel Serrat

and the kilometer-long legs of

Rafaella Carrá.

The photography studio founded by Antonio Massa has recorded several generations of Argentine artists who later went global in Latin America and Spain.

It is not uncommon to turn on the radio in Madrid and find bursts of music by Gustavo Cerati and Fito Páez.

Perhaps the strongest cultural ties between Buenos Aires and Madrid should be found in music.

Antonio Massa is the author of the emblematic photograph of Pugliese and the Polish Goyeneche that has become a protective image of all the scenes in Buenos Aires.

Press photo from the Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture.

Theater lives through textiles


In recent years the world's major museums have exploded in exhibitions of textile art.

The couturier

Jean-Paul Gaulthier

has been deployed at the Grand Palais in Paris in the past decade, and in 2022 a show at the Thyssen Museum in Madrid made a very popular show about the creative friendship between

Pablo Picasso and Coco Chanel,

with dresses from the designer in those years of the historical avant-garde and Parisian scene.

The clothing chapter, in the Conexión:Buenos Aire-Madrid program, follows this slogan of revaluing the clothing associated with stage art:

the most important performances in the history of the Teatro General San Martín.

First, let's look at the set.

The

Linares Palace

, headquarters of Casa de América, was built in the 1880s by an aristocratic family following the plans and details of a French architect, who endowed it with a majestic marble staircase and bronze statues.

This leads to the Camoens and Inca Garcilaso rooms, with a view of the Cibeles Fountain and frescoes in the interior sky.

There the theatrical costume display, curated by

Silvina Vicente, is displayed.

And there they shine, with an almost natural air, the

attire of the monarchs in the work Enrique IV,

by Luigi Pirandelo.

The costumes were by Jorge Ferrarri and his interpreters, Alfredo Alcón and Elena Tasisto, in the 2005 staging.

The theater is an ephemeral fact.

In some cases, only the video record and a few set and clothing materials remain of it, Silvina Vicente reminds us.

“Each piece that we see here has been classified as historical”

, says the curator, by virtue of an emblematic staging, by its direction and actors, or by

its special invoice.

The San Martín Theater Costume Center has 650 pieces, the Treasure selection, which cannot be altered due to their historical relevance.

Press photo Ministry of Culture of the City.

Vicente explains that in 2015 he participated in the creation of the TGSM Costume Center, a project of Friends of the Theater and with the help of Patronage, to

recover the historical costumes of the Buenos Aires municipal theaters

, which had remained stored in containers for decades.

It was quite an adventure unpacking it.

Today that heritage can be visited, on Zavala street, in Belgrano;

In its 600 m2

it houses 45 thousand garments in ideal temperature and humidity conditions for textiles.

“Of course, the vast majority of these pieces are recycled into new clothing for the works in progress -he reveals-;

but among them we have

the Treasure selection

, with 650 pieces that cannot be altered.

We have brought some."

Another notable piece is

the hand-painted blouse worn by Susana Rinaldi in

Brecht's The Two Cent Opera in 1988, designed by Gioia Fiorentino.

And others, the chemisier with a train, in burgundy silk, signed by

Renata Schussheim

, and the cape of black and matelased leatherette, with piping in the form of ribs, devised by Graciela Galán for the staging of María Estuardo, by Schiller, in 1983.

The exhibition that displays some historical pieces of theatrical costumes was curated by Silvina Vicente.

Photo Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture.

The monkey hair coat worn by that parody Perón, in the play

Happyland

, and a fantastic-looking tunic, an Afro-American pastiche, designed in 1963 by

Germen Gelpi

for the staging of Tungazuca, by Canal Feijoó.

Lastly, the strict and conventual black dress, by designer

Pablo Ramírez

, for the last staging of Bodas de Sangre, with scenery by Guillermo Kuitca.

The theater is ephemeral but the dream is enduring.

The artistic programming of Conexión Buenos Aires-Madrid

In addition to the samples of Antonio Massa and the costumes of the Teatro San Martín, the Buenos Aires Ministry of Culture scheduled more photography exhibitions, one dedicated to Victoria Ocampo and another in digital format.

In addition, at night, there will be film, theater and dance cycles. 

A special edition of the UrbanaBA - People of my City 2000-2022 photographic contest is exhibited, which brings together the first prizes that Banco Ciudad has awarded for 23 years.

Likewise, the exhibition

Expanded Limits

is presented in the Guayasamín Room.

Five Argentine visual artists will make up this group show in digital format.

They are Ángel Gabriel, Luciana Rondolini, Cotelito, Florencia Caiazza and John Mc Cam.

You can also see the exhibition of

Revista Sur

, founded by Victoria Ocampo in 1931. Due to its duration and importance, it was the most important literary periodical in Latin America and one of the most important in the field of the Spanish language.

This exhibition will allow you to see objects, documents, first editions, and letters belonging to the writers of the South Group founded by Victoria Ocampo.

With the contribution of Matilde Sánchez, special envoy to Madrid.

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Source: clarin

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