THE SHIP. University, 2
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This exhibition could not be more timely. It was inaugurated ten days after that Paula Bonet he will receive the High Distinction of the Generalitat Valenciana and three of what Ana Penyas had been chosen for the National Comic Award 2018, first woman to achieve it. But this is a long time coming, it has been years since Valencian illustrators have managed to elevate their field to the category of ART with capital letters and have conquered a voice of their own, which is felt more than that of men. The exhibition Hidden and illustrated it ranges from women engravers who in the 16th century had to sign as “Widow or daughter of…” to the most current illustrations that integrate consumer products such as perfumes or handkerchiefs. Call me, we find illustrators from the times of the Republic like Juana Francisca o Manuela Ballester, that despite being a great artist and living in the 20th century, she had to carry out her work in the shadow of her husband Josep Renau. In the years 60, era of Consuelo Arizmendi, women were already drawing comics, but only in girls' magazines where women always suffered for romantic love, as 70-80 they will stand out Ana Peters i Ana Miralles, illustrators of children's books like Lourdes Bellver with his Rata Marieta and, below… the explosion. Cristina Duran, Cachetejack, Carla Fuentes, Maria Herreros, Mar Hernandez, Nuria Riaza, Paula Sanz, Nuria Tamarit, Laura Perez, Lina Rest and so many others who have been able to give prestige and dissemination to their profession by doing this, a city of illustration named after a woman. S.M.
