To Paris and Back: Violeta Parra's Transnational Performance of Authenticity

• Ericka Kim Verba ^[1]
  1. [1] California State University
• Localización: The Americas: A quarterly review of inter-american cultural history, ISSN 0003-1615, Vol. 70, Nº. 2, 2013, págs. 269-302
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In 1964, at what was surely the acme of her career, Violeta Parra became the first Latin American to have a solo show at the Louvre. During the five-odd weeks that her artwork was on display, Parra was at the museum every day. She chatted with visitors, put finishing touches on her tapestries, sang songs, played her guitar, served empanadas, and turned the exposition hall into a veritable Chilean ramada. The exhibit received favorable reviews in the press, and was visited by important dignitaries and a who's who of the Parisian and expatriate Latin American artistic community. Parra sold several of her tapestries, including one to the Baroness Rothschild. By all accounts, the show was a great success.