Major retrospective of Spanish animation features historic work from 1908 through 1975 featuring artists, designers, humorists and studios including K-Hito, Francisco Macián, Robert Balser, José Antonio Sistiaga, Isabel Herguera, Javier Mariscal, Mercedes Gaspar, Rodrigo Blaas, Anna Solanas, César Díaz Meléndez, Nicolai Troshinky, Jossie Malis, Laura Ginès, Alberto Vázquez, Estudios Moro, Balet y Blay, and the Headless Studio.
Running next month, September 7–15, New York’s Museum of Modern Art is presenting a retrospective exhibition, “From Doodles to Pixels: Over 100 Years of Spanish Animation,” celebrating the history of animation in Spain.
This major retrospective of the little-known art and industry of Spanish animation comprises eight programs featuring historic work from 1908 through the end of the dictatorship in 1975, including commercial animation created in the shadow of Hollywood, Europe’s first animated color feature, Garbancito de la Mancha (1945), and internationally celebrated 21st-century work inspired by cinema, music videos and the graphic novel.
Taking advantage of new scholarship and restoration initiatives organized by the Contemporary Culture Centre of Barcelona and Acción Cultual Española, the wide-ranging work in this series includes classic hand-drawn animation, stop-motion, and innovative digital works, and ranges from cultural and political themes and literary adaptations to adult fare, children’s stories and advertising.
Among the distinguished artists, designers, humorists, and studios represented are K-Hito, Francisco Macián, Robert Balser, José Antonio Sistiaga, Isabel Herguera, Javier Mariscal, Mercedes Gaspar, Rodrigo Blaas, Anna Solanas, César Díaz Meléndez, Nicolai Troshinky, Jossie Malis, Laura Ginès, Alberto Vázquez, Estudios Moro, Balet y Blay, and the Headless Studio.
Carolina López, Director, Xcèntric, Contemporary Culture Center of Barcelona (CCCB), and a number of special guest animators will introduce select programs.
‘Sangre de Unicornio’ (‘Unicorn Blood’). 2013. Spain. Directed by Alberto Vázquez.
(via Broadway World)
Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.
