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Thew new dance efficiency Paisajes del Alma (Landscapes of the Soul) is impressed by the “Goddess Triptych III” by the late Ángel Rodríguez-Díaz.
The Guadalupe Dance Firm and Mariachi Azteca de América are teaming up this Thursday to current the premiere of Paisajes del Alma (Landscapes of the Soul), an unique manufacturing choreographed by the corporate’s dancers.
The efficiency, happening on the Carver Neighborhood Cultural Middle, is commissioned by the San Antonio Museum of Artwork and impressed by its “Goddess Triptych III” exhibition showcasing works by late native artist Ángel Rodríguez-Díaz. Whereas two of the triptych’s work have lengthy been within the museum’s assortment, a 3rd portray on this collection was solely just lately acquired after the artist’s 2023 passing.
The massive-scale triptych strikingly depicts a nude, full-figured African American girl, breaking away from the standard requirements of magnificence usually seen in Western artwork.
Motive to have fun, the exhibition marks the primary time all three work have been displayed collectively since a 2017 retrospective. Very like Díaz’s triptych, the Guadalupe’s Paisajes touches upon problems with the feminine physique, id and inclusivity. It stands within the Guadalupe’s lengthy historical past of labor that celebrates each ladies and Latino artists.
Born in Puerto Rico, Díaz moved to San Antonio within the early Nineteen Nineties and adopted the native Mexican American tradition, usually incorporating it into his personal work. Take notice that Paisajes might be a one-night solely efficiency introduced by SAMA on the Carver Neighborhood Cultural Middle.
Free, 7 p.m. Thursday, Could 23, Carver Neighborhood Cultural Middle, 226 N. Hackberry St., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org.Subscribe to SA Present newsletters.
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