Delia Cancela (born 1940, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine pop artist and fashion designer.[2] She has lived in Argentina, New York, London and Paris, and exhibited internationally. Retrospective exhibitions of her work and her collaborations with Pablo Mesejean include Delia Cancela 2000-Retrospectiva (2000), Pablo & Delia, The London Years 1970-1975 (2001), and Delia Cancela: una artista en la moda (2013).
Delia Cancela | |
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Born | 1940 |
Education | Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes |
Known for | Painting, Fashion Design |
Movement | Pop Art |
Spouse | Pablo Mesejean[1] |
Early life and education
editDelia Cancela was born in 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] She studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires.[2]
Career
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"Della Cancela y Pablo Mesejean en su atelier 1967", DiFilm | |
"A visit with Delia Cancela in her home in Buenos Aires August 2015", ashadedview |
Cancela began to exhibit widely in the early 1960s. Her work, which incorporated images such as Elvis Presley, made her part of Buenos Aires' pop art scene.[2] She was one of 6 artistas en Lirolay. Sexteto ('Six Artists in Lirolay: Sextet') at the Galería Lirolay, representing the best of Buenos Aires "new art" in January 1964.[3]
Cancela exhibited at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and won the Premio de Honor Ver y Estimar[2] in 1963 and 1964. The arts review journal Ver y Estimar ('Look and Consider') was formed by Jorge Romero Brest and published from 1948 to 1955. An association was founded in 1954 which awarded the Premio de Honor Ver y Estimar from 1960-1968.[4] One of Cancela's well-known pieces from this time is Broken Heart (1964).[1]
Her work was included in the exhibition Arte Nuevo de la Argentina ('New Art of Argentina', 1964) which was co-organized by the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella (ITDT) and the Walker Art Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[5] The exhibition traveled to Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Minneapolis.[2]
From the 1960s until his death in 1991, Cancela collaborated with Pablo Mesejean.[2] They married in 1965.[6] Their work is non-traditional and cross-disciplinary, incorporating theater and costume design, fine art and fashion.[2] In 1965, Cancela and Mesejean held their first full exhibition Love and Life at Galería Lirolay. Combining painting, set design, music and performance,[6] this exhibit has been identified by critic Nelly Perazzo as one of a series of "true landmarks" in forward-looking Argentinian art.[7][8] In 1966 Cancela and Mesejean exhibited Nosotros Amamos ('We Love') at the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, supporting acceptance of gender identity and popular culture.[2] They also signed a "manifesto":
"Nosotros amamos los días de sol, las plantas, los Rolling Stones, las medias blancas, rosas y plateadas, a Sonny and Cher, a Rita Tushingham y a Bob Dylan (...) las gorras de color, las caras blancas y los finales felices, el mar, bailar, las revistas, el cine (...) los baby girls, las girl-girls, las boy girls, los girl-boys y los boy-boys".[9]
Receipt of the Premio Braque from the French government in 1966 enabled Cancela and Mesejean to travel to Paris in 1967.[10][11][12] On their return to Argentina they participated in Experiencias 68 (Experiencias Visuales).[11][13] There was considerable political tension around the exhibit. One of the pieces, Roberto Plate's El Baño ('The Bathroom'), was removed by police because visitors had "decorated" it with anti-governmental graffiti. Delia Cancela was one of several artists who removed their works and destroyed them, as an act of sympathy and in protest of the creation of a police state.[14]: 288–294
While in Argentina in 1968, Cancela and Mesejean also held a fashion show Ropa con Riesgo ('Clothing with Risk') at ITDT.[11] They worked with Alfredo Rodríguez Arias to create costumes for an adaptation of Dracula.[15][14]: 139 They lived briefly in New York during 1969 to 1970.[11]
From 1970 to 1975 they lived in London where they started the Pablo & Delia clothing brand.[11] The fashions they designed were worn by celebrities such as Bianca Jagger,[16] and were featured on the cover of Vogue[16][17] and appeared in Harper's Bazaar,[18] and Queen.[19][11] Their pieces are in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.[16] Aside from these exhibition, Delia & Pablo worked with architect Osvaldo Giesso. They displayed some of their art works and pieces at Giesso's boutique, La flor de San Telmo.[20]
In 1975 Cancela and Mesejean returned to Paris, working with Yves Saint Laurent, Kenzo and the group Créateurs.[21] Their shows incorporated elements of parades and performances.[22] French critic Pierre Restany described their style as Pop Lunfardo ('Vernacular Pop').[23]
Pablo Mesejean died in 1991. In 1999 Delia Cancela returned to Argentina.[13] She lives in Buenos Aires and in Paris, France.[2] She continues to design and exhibit.[24]
Major exhibitions
edit- New Art of Argentina (1964)[2]
- Love and Life, with Pablo Mesejean, Galería Lirolay, Buenos Aires (1965)[11]
- Delia Cancela 2000-Retrospectiva, 2000, curated by María José Herrera, Centro Cultural Parque de España in Rosario[9][11]
- Pablo & Delia, The London Years 1970-1975, Judith Clark Costume Gallery, London, 24 May – 21 July 2001[9][25][11]
- La consagración de la Primavera, Group exhibition, Fundación Osde, Buenos Aires, 2010.[26]
- Delia Cancela: una artista en la moda, el Centro Metropolitano de Diseño, Buenos Aires, 2013.[9]
- International Pop, Group exhibition, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (April 11, 2015 – September 6, 2015)[23]
- The EY Exhibition: The World Goes Pop, Group exhibition, Tate Modern (17 September 2015 – 24 January 2016)[1][27][28]
- Special exhibit in her honor at ArteBA, Buenos Aires (June 4–7, 2015)[29][30]
Awards and nominations
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Artist interview: Delia Cancela". www.tate.org.uk. 2015. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Morgan, Jessica; Frigeri, Flavia, eds. (2015). The World Goes Pop. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300216998.
- ^ "6 artistas en Lirolay : Sexteto". Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "[Obra de Rubén Santantonín presentada en el Premio de Honor Ver y Estimar, 1963]". Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Arte Nuevo de la Argentina = New Art of Argentina / Instituto Torcuato Di Tella". Documents of 20th-century Latin American and Latino Art. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Modelo de Yves Saint Laurent y paisaje". Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Oliveras, Elena (2012). "Book Reviews: Galería Lirolay 1960 -1981, Nelly Perazzo". ArtNexus. #85 - Arte en Colombia #131 (June–August).
- ^ Perazzo, Nelly (2011). Galería Lirolay 1960-1981. Buenos Aires: MACLA Editorial.
- ^ a b c d "Obras de Delia Cancela muestran su permanente vigencia". TELAM. June 6, 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Delia Cancela". Galería Matilde Bensignor. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Delia Cancela". Henrique Faria Logo. Retrieved 6 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Premio Braque 2013: Un Premio con 50 años de historia" (PDF). Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Delia Cancela". DIDASCALIAS DEL TEATRO CAMINITO. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ a b Katzenstein, Inés, ed. (2004). Listen, here, now! : Argentine art of the 1960s: writings of the avant-garde. New York, N.Y.: Museum of Modern Art. ISBN 978-0870703669.
- ^ "Exhibitions". PROA. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d Mazzei, March (March 23, 2015). "París, Londres, Buenos Aires: la moda como arte en el mundo de Delia Cancela". Revista de Cultura Ñ. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ "Los documentos privados de Delia Cancela". Página/12. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ Díaz, Carmen Acevedo (9 November 2012). "Delia Cancela: "Lo mío es llevar el lienzo a la prenda"". Clarin. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Isasi, Nicolas (28 March 2015). "Delia Cancela: el arte en la moda". El Dia. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ Trellez-Hernandez, Mercedes (2002). "The Contested Object: Pop Art in America, 1964-1974". ProQuest Dissertations and Theses: 87.
- ^ "Delia Cancela – Artista". Maybelline. Archived from the original on 31 July 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Delia Cancela Artista". Guía de arte. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Walker Art Center Presents Groundbreaking Exhibition International Pop". The Walker Art Center. November 25, 2014. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
- ^ Fernández, Sara (21 November 2016). "Delia Cancela: moda, arte y reposeras". Redacción El Espectacular. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Pablo & Delia". Judith Clark. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Casanovas, Laura (22 March 2010). "Una nueva mirada sobre el arte pop argentino en Fundación OSDE". La Nacion. Retrieved 6 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Morgan, Jessica (1 September 2015). "Political Pop: An Introduction". www.tate.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ^ "Groundbreaking exhibition reveals how artists around the world engaged with the spirit of Pop". Art Daily.org.
- ^ Arias, Mariana (11 June 2015). "ArteBa Tributo a Delia Cancela". Rouge. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ Marcus, Lilit (June 4, 2015). "This Weekend in Buenos Aires: The Biggest Art Fair in South America". Condé Nast Traveler.
Retrospectiva de Delia Cancela en el Museo de Arte Moderno (Periodista Lorena Pérez | Bloc de Moda)