Visibilizando a Roser Bru y Elvira Gastón, artistas en pro de la justícia social

Visibilizando a Roser Bru y Elvira Gastón, artistas en pro de la justícia social

Funding entity
Instituto de las Mujeres. Secretariat of State for Equality and for the Eradication of Violence against Women. Ministry of Equality

Period of implementation
April – September 2024

Budget
1,500 €

Research team
Dr. Immaculada Real (UNED, IP), Dr. Gemma Domènech (ICRPC), Dr. Sofía Rodríguez (UCM)

Description

This project explores the artistic heritage created by two women exiled from the Spanish Civil War in Latin America to explore the degree of commitment that persists in their diaspora. Using artwork as the primary source of study, it seeks to deduce the impact historical events have on their work, as well as the degree of social commitment professed in defense of their fellow human beings. It also explores the networks of contacts and alliances they forged during those years, in order to demonstrate how, through commitment, they created their social circles, achieving autonomy and independence. This project thus breaks with the subservient narrative of history, which perceives them as the traveling companions of exiles.