This exhibition, "A Ritmo de Jazz: Art Déco en la Colección ABC," invites visitors to explore the glamorous and influential Art Déco style. It showcases how 20th-century elements like jazz music, exoticism, and technological advancements shaped this unique artistic movement. Through a rich selection of drawings by renowned Spanish illustrators from the ABC Collection, you can trace the visual narrative of an epoch defined by elegance, refinement, and extravagance.
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This exhibition explores the Art Déco style, a glamorous art movement of the 20th century, through drawings from the ABC Collection. It highlights how elements like jazz music, exoticism, and fascination with machines influenced this era, featuring works by Spanish illustrators.
"A Ritmo de Jazz: Art Déco en la Colección ABC" delves into the opulent and influential Art Déco style, which flourished between 1910 and 1935. The exhibition showcases key aspects of this era, characterized by a fusion of tradition and modernity, luxury, and functionality, often intertwined with the rhythms of jazz music and a fascination with exoticism and technological advancements. Featured artists such as Penagos, Bartolozzi, Rikardo, Sáenz de Tejada, Santonja, Romley, and Loygorri, whose works are part of the ABC Collection, provide a visual narrative of this period through their illustrations published in ABC and Blanco y Negro. The exhibition contextualizes Art Déco's rise, particularly its consolidation with the 1925 International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industries in Paris. It draws parallels between the era's visual culture, exemplified by figures like Josephine Baker and influences from historical styles and art movements like Cubism and Fauvism, with the dynamic spirit of jazz and the burgeoning machine age. Visitors can expect an immersive journey into an epoch defined by elegance, refinement, and extravagance, as represented by the rich legacy of Spanish illustrators captured within the museum's archives.
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