Each chapter will feature a conversation between the most remarkable artists from Latin America and Latinx in the U.S. and our MOLAA Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga. Together we will focus on a series or specific artwork which requires a close inspection, a deliberate process of contemplation, and exploration; delving into the ideas surrounding the creation of the works, their sources of research and inspiration, in an effort to immerse ourselves in the world of the artists.
Join Chapter #27 of the MOLAA Zoom Project, where MOLAA's Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga will join artist Delia Cancela for a conversation.
Delia Cancela (b. 1940, Argentina) was born in Buenos Aires where she studied at the Fine Arts School. She currently lives between Buenos Aires and Paris. She was part of the Argentine avantgarde Instituto Di Tella (ITDT) in the 1960s, where she took part in the seminal Experiencias Visuales 67 and Experiencias 68 exhibitions and held the fashion show Ropa con Riesgo. In 1967 she travelled to Paris with a grant from the French government. In the late 1960s she moved to New York and in 1970 settled in London with her partner Pablo Mesejean working as the collaborative duo Pablo and Delia. In London their work received immediate recognition and was published in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and other publications. In 1975 they both moved to Paris where they presented their collections at events combining fashion and performance. In 2018 the Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires held the retrospective exhibition Reina de Corazones / Queen of Hearts 1962-2018. She was part of Crear Mundos, alongside international women artists at Proa Foundation, Buenos Aires (2020-2021); Radical Women at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles and the Brooklyn Museum, New York (2017-2018); International Pop at Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Dallas Museum of Arts (2016) and Museum of Arts, Philadelphia (2017); and The World Goes Pop at Tate Modern (2015).