Violeta Parra collage

This artwork is a collage with 3 artworks (Thanks to the life, Black wedding and Back at seventeen) of a series entitled ￿Violeta in the... more

by Madalena Lobao-Tello

Title

Violeta Parra collage

Artist

Madalena Lobao-Tello

Medium

Painting - Mixed Media

Description

This artwork is a collage with 3 artworks (Thanks to the life, Black wedding and Back at seventeen) of a series entitled ￿Violeta in the heart￿ about Violeta Parra and her songs.

◾Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (4 October 1917 ￿ 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist (paintings, ceramics, and tapestries). She set the basis for ￿Chilean￿ New Song￿, the Nueva canci￿hilena, a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music which would absorb and extend her influence far beyond Chile.
She was involved in the progressive movement and the Communist Party of
Chile.
Her most renowned song, Gracias a la Vida (Thanks to Life), was popularized throughout Latin America by Mercedes Sosa and later in the US by Joan Baez.
◾However, Violeta attracted much more attention and renown abroad than at
home. Between 1961 and 1965 she returned to Europe, where she performed ceaselessly at everywhere from small bars to the halls of the United Nations.
◾In 1964, Violeta became the first Latin American woman artist to show her work as a stand-alone exhibit in Parisian museum The Louvre

Uploaded

February 14th, 2011