Latin American art in Paris

The resistance of Ángel Boligan's symptoms takes the caricature out of the newspapers and takes it to the galleries of Paris

Paris, France, the epicenter of art and culture worldwide, home to some of the most prestigious museums and the works of the most renowned artists, hosted a totally out-of-the-box exhibition. This time it wasn't in a newspaper; but between walls and frames within the gallery, where the caricaturist, Ángel Boligán, brought his work with the exhibition La résistance des symptômes (The resistance of the symptoms, in Spanish).

The exhibition opened with the presence of artists, caricaturists and personalities such as: Jean Plantu, founder of Cartooning for Peace and Antonio Antunes, President of Word Press Cartoon. It had 38 drawings made in cardboard, Indian ink and watercolor. These pieces take up problems and situations with which, whether in Mexico or anywhere in the world, people are familiar.

“I tried to put together a series of drawings with current themes and a strong graphic vision. Thus, some pieces talk about migration, but also about global warming, the excessive use of cell phones, feminism, politics, animal abuse, consumerism or religion,” explained Ángel Boligán.
The exhibition took place at the Artivistas gallery, a recently created space that seeks to accommodate Latin American art in Paris; and for the artist, this exhibition is a clear example of the place that caricature currently occupies in the world.

“Being in Paris, with an exhibition, is very important for me and for the union, because it is commonly thought that the natural habitat of a caricature is the press or the newspaper, it is not seen for galleries, which is a mistake because it is not We are a minor art, caricature is part of the plastic arts,” he added.

During his stay in Paris, Boligán also participated in the conference Press Caricatures in Latin America: An Art, A Commitment, along with other monkeys such as Wimar (Cuba), press cartoonist resident at the Maison des Journalistes; Paula Forteza, founder of the Artivistas gallery and Daphné Ronfard, head of promotion of the citizen association, Un bout des médias.

During the talk, the artists discussed the importance of caricature in the journalistic and artistic field, as a testimony of the passage of history and the transformations of society. Given this, they called to ensure freedom of the press both in Latin America and in the rest of the world.

Recently, Monero received the 2023 Journalistic Excellence award in the Cartoon category, with the work The Dangerous Path of the Migrant. The jury of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) recognized this piece “for illustrating, with mastery of drawing and acuity in conception, the numerous dangers that migrants must face on their long journey.”

The exhibition opened on September 14 and had the support of Cartooning for Peace and received important personalities from the publishing and art world such as Platu, one of the most important cartoonists in France.

Boligán was also nominated for the European Cartoon Awards, the most important political cartoon award in Europe. This is not the first time he has been nominated for this award. “First I was among the 60 finalists and now among the 16. That in itself is already valuable and being among those selected is already a reward for me,” said the monero.

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