Master Photography on Display at Panza Verde
His photographs are internationally recognized. And now, several works of art from Guatemalan Photographer Julio Zadik are on display at Meson Panza Verde in La Antigua Guatemala. LAG’s La Cuadra Magazine has published a bio about the exposition:
Julio Zadik’s story is equally as intriguing and complex as are his photographs. Zadik (1916 – 2002), a recently rediscovered genius of Guatemalan art was – in the first half of the last century – considered to be one of the most promising talents in Central America. In 1949 he was invited to exhibit at the Pan American Union in Washington with the great masters of Latin American photography, Lola Álvarez Bravo, Alfredo Boulton and Martin Chambi…
The photos for this show were taken between 1937 and 1965, and their existence is causing a rewriting of Latin American modern art. At a time when most photographers were bound to their studios, and most interaction between Ladino and indigenous cultures was economically and socially exploitative – and strictly ethnographic academically – Julio Zadik went into the field and touched the physical and spiritual humanity of his nation.
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Panza Verde is located on 5th Avenue, just south of 9th Calle. The exposition will run until early January.
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