Exhibitions
Last exhibition stop of Bodies that Talk
The representation of the female body is the epicenter of the exhibition and is inaugurated with a guided tour by Marika Vila, curator of the exhibition.
Last stop of the traveling exhibition Bodies that Talk by the Barcelona Provincial Council, this time at the Exhibition Hall of the Old Town Hall of Calella. An exhibition with more than forty authors with comic representations from 1910 to 2022 where the representation of the female body is explored up to the present day.
This temporary exhibition directed by Marika Vila, an illustrator and cartoonist expert in gender representation, will be on view until September 28. It showcases over a hundred years of graphic work and reflections on the female body, with previous stops in Cornellà, Mataró, Cerdanyola, Mollet del Vallès, Martorell, Sabadell and Manresa.
First cover version of Estic estupenda! (Angle Editorial) Raquel Gu 2017.
The exhibition offers a journey that shows how, over time, women have been conditioned by patriarchal stereotypes that have placed them in limiting gender roles and have used their bodies as a marketing tool. But it also shows how, as female creators have gained a voice and space, they have been able to represent themselves freely, opening paths towards liberation and personal and collective advocacy.
This diversity of bodily expressions becomes visible from the first timid appearances during the Republic to the silence imposed by Francoism, and later with the ruptures of the avant-gardes of the late 20th century and the arrival of new ways of representing the body in the 21st century. Diverse and powerful bodies are shown: occupied, fragmented, invisible, cyborg, evil, sensual, rebellious, mature, migrated, expelled, hybrid, monstrous bodies...
Andrea and the Prince' by Rosa Galceràn 1952.
The exhibition is structured in five historical areas according to the social context, with a sixth space dedicated to emerging digital authors, self-publishing and diversity. Nearly eleven thousand people have visited the exhibition which can be seen in Calella until September 28, where it will close two years of touring through eight facilities of the Local Museums Network.
I have a doll dressed in blue. Postcard from the Mari Pepa series of Flechas y Pelayos magazine. Maria Claret 1949.
