Original artwork description:

Pencil and ink drawing dedicated to Antonio Gades and Cristina Hoyos Panadero. The two great Spanish dancers, the first one one of the main interpreters of flamenco in the twentieth century and the other one also a choreographer and actress, are portrayed in a moment of their famous interpretation of "Bodas de Sangre" (Blood Wedding), a theatrical drama written by Federico García Lorca in 1933 and inspired by a chronicle event occurred in Níjar in Andalusia in 1928. In 1974 Antonio Gades created the ballet "Blood Wedding" performed at the Olympic Theater in Rome, while in 1981 he collaborated with director Carlos Saura who shot the film version. Art, a combination of literature, theater, dance and cinema in a single harmony.

Materials used:

Pencil and ink on paper and cardboard

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