From now through February 28th, 2015, Throckmorton Fine Arts will be exhibiting the Ruven Afanador’s series Ángel Gitano, a series about men in the world of flamenco music. (The work is also available in a 240-page book published by Rizzoli.) Following Mil Besos (2009), a collection of photographs of flamenco’s women, and his first book Torero (2001), the Colombian fashion photographer continues his exploration of the Iberian soul and Spanish traditions, which are expressed in Ángel Gitano through dance scenes, unusual portraits and many nudes, one of Afanador’s trademarks.
In his unique, theatrical, almost supernatural way, Afanador’s 150 majestic, high-contrast, black-and-white bodies and faces parade by like the acts of a ballet. The series is filled with power and eccentricity, combining the intense emotions of flamenco music with the eroticism of nudity. Afanador has mentioned the influence of Salvador Dali and the magical realism of fellow Colombian Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Ángel Gitano is also an ode to gypsies and their culture. Afanador shows them in all their vitality by photographing them under the blazing Andalusian sun.
Read the full article on the French version of L’Oeil.
EXHIBITION
Ruven Afanador
Ángel Gitano: The Men of Flamenco
November 6th 2014 – February 28th, 2015
Throckmorton Fine Art
145 East 57th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10022
T. 212.223.1059
http://www.throckmorton-nyc.com
BOOK
Ángel Gitano
Photographs by Ruven Afanador
Foreword by Diane Keaton
Rizzoli New York
240 pages
150 photographs b/w
US $95.00 / Can $95.00 / UK £60.0
ISBN: 978-0-8478-4343-5
www.rizzoliusa.com
