TWO EXHIBITIONS OF PERUVIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AT CASA DE AMERICA
Casa de América inaugurated two exhibitions of Peruvian art: Memoria del Perú. Photographs 1890-1950, with works by various photographers that capture a significant period in the country's history, and Shipibo-Konibo. Portraits of my blood, with photographs by artist David Diaz on the life of the Shipibo-Konibo.
Memoria del Perú. Photographs 1980-1950
At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Peruvian photography experienced its first golden age. Important studios flourished in Lima and other cities such as Arequipa and Cuzco, leaving one of the most important photographic legacies in Latin America.
The traveling exhibition 'Memoria del Perú. Photographs 1890-1950' allows us to appreciate a series of significant traces in the development of republican Peru, and to value the talent of Max T. Vargas, Martín Chambi, Carlos and Miguel Vargas, Juan Manuel Figueroa Aznar, Sebastián Rodríguez or Baldomero Alejos, among others, who used the photographic camera –one of the most conspicuous emblems of modernity in that period– to capture this especially significant record.
Shipibo-Konibo. Portraits of my blood
Peruvian photographer David Díaz offers in the exhibition 'Shipibo-Konibo. Portraits of my blood' a unique immersion in the life of the Shipibo-Konibo people to which he belongs.
David Díaz was born in 1992, in the native community of Nuevo Saposoa, in the Amazonian region of Ucayali. With an impeccable craft, he manages to portray the intimacy of his people and their most characteristic expressions, from the respectful closeness that gives him such close ties. He is also inspired by the tradition of the classic Peruvian photographers.
In addition, he won a grant from the Amazon Rainforest Journalism Foundation of the Pulitzer Center in 2021 and important distinctions in his country.
Both exhibitions will be on view through April 30, 2024 at Sala Torres García. Casa de América, Madrid, Spain.
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