CIAP   27384
CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ARTE Y PATRIMONIO
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Gender, race, and style in the work of Cecilia Marcovich (1894-1976)
Autor/es:
GLUZMAN, GEORGINA
Reunión:
Conferencia; Universities Art Association of Canada Conference; 2020
Institución organizadora:
Universities Art Association of Canada
Resumen:
Painter, sculptor, and educator, Cecilia Marcovich was born in Romania and moved with her family to Argentina as a child. After her initial training in the city of Rosario, she went to Paris to complete her education with Antoine Bourdelle, André Lothe, Charles Despiau and Paul Baudoüin. In 1931, Cecilia Marcovich returned from Paris and settled in Buenos Aires. A few years later, she founded an art school, the Asociación Plástica Argentina, which provided art education to several generations of artists. She made several trips through Argentina and Brazil. There she began a series of paintings and sculptures that deal with Afro-Brazilian population. This series offers a deep exploration of a marginalized group, which was often employed in the development of modern languages as the mere object of representation. I argue that Marcovich?s point of view, informed by her political beliefs, presented these subjects in their complexity. Her critical fortune is inextricably linked to the criticism the style she devoted herself to, a modern figurative language, and to her focus on these topics, largely ignored by traditional narratives.