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Photos from an Oaxacan

Last week we were lucky enough to get a visit from Daniel Molina, who came in to sample our wares. He’s a potographer from Mexico, Oaxaca to be precise.

Keen to support those from the area that has supported us so well, we thought we’d share some of the brilliant work he’s done, with you good people.

The selection below is taken from his gallery of pictures entitled, “This is not London”. Now, not wanting to be pedantic, but I’ve had a hard look, and I’m pretty sure it is, I guess that’s just the Mexican sense of humour. Anyway, we’ll let you decide.

If you like this small foray into Daniel’s work, then be sure to check out his website for more of the same. And indeed if you know of any other up and coming Mexican photographers or artists, please let us know by commenting below. We’d love to make it a regular feature on the blog.

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Mira! Mexico at the Barbican: 21-27 January 2010

This month sees a season of recent critically acclaimed Mexican film screening at the Barbican Centre from the 21st to 27th January.

“From civil war and revolution in the Silent era, through the Golden Age of the 30s and 40s to the Nuevo Cine Mexicano, establishing global big-hitters Alfonso Arau (Like Water for Chocolate), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros) Carlos Reygadas (Silent Light), Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mama Tambien) and Guillermo del Toro (The Devil’s Backbone) to name a few, Mexican cinema continues to go from strength to strength. 

With debut works, new features and acclaimed shorts, this season spotlights the producers of Mexico’s international hits and festival favourites.” says the Barbican Website.

Click here to find out more information on screenings.

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FRIDA KAHLO VIVA LA VIDA!

Wahaca hasn’t made it down to see this play by Humberto Robles yet but would love to hear what anyone who has seen it thought. Frida Kahlo was and still is such an important person in Mexican culture so we are glad to see a play on this subject in London.

Here is a little info on the production:

Art. Passion. Obsession. An explosive on-stage portrait of the woman who gave birth to herself. Sharp, witty and bursting with colour, this play has left audiences stunned on both sides of the Atlantic.

It is the day of the dead in Mexico, Frida comes back to her house to make fun of death and celebrate life. Through the journey she remembers her turbulent relationship with painter and companion Diego Rivera, her disagreements with the surrealists, her affair with Trotsky and so on. Based on fragments of her biography, letters, extracts from her diary and interviews that were made with Frida and her closest friends, the play recreates the intimate life of a passionate woman; an artist who managed to transfer her colourful vibrant culture and her deepest dramas onto the canvas.

Performed by Gaël Le Cornec who was pointed by The Stage newspaper as “one of the rising stars to keep your eye on this year”, Frida Kahlo Viva La Vida has already collected two fringe awards in the UK (Argus Angel Award of Artistic Excellence in Brighton 2009& Universal Arts Best actor Award in Edinburgh 2008) and has played to sell out audiences at the Edinburgh fringe Festival, The Tron, the Oxford playhouse, Trestle Space and Brighton Festival.

Buy your tickets at www.ovalhouse.com

OVAL HOUSE THEATRE, 20Th OCTOBER – 7th NOVEMBER