Artists: Vito Montolio, Trystan Matthey, Toni Molins, Roma Losaberidze, Regina Rossell, Ramon Salas, Paul Roig, Nil Guasch, Monstruo Espagueti, Marta Chojnacka, Marria Pratts, Marouane Joubba, Marie Tooth, María Flôxo, Margola Magentti, Maike Lüdenbach, Lida Urbanek, Jaume Masdevall, Gori Mori, Dessislava Pirinchieva, Daniel Ortiz, Blanca Miró, Balthazar Klarwein, Anuar Khalifi, Alexandra Nunes.
Curated by Dessislava Pirinchieva
In collaboration with Danidevito Studio
Graphics: Elena Martínez
Image for poster: Maike Lüdenbach
Photo of José Pérez Ocaña: Leopold Samsó
Setting Up: Amaia Arzua & Ocaña Team
Produced by All Artists, Joaquima Laguna & Ocaña Barcelona
September 2015, Barcelona
I’ve just started to lead the art direction of Ocaña, a hot spot in Barcelona, and decided that the best way to celebrate the place is to pay homage to José Pérez Ocaña.
I came up with the idea to organize an exhibition with the title My Ocaña and ask local artists to make a piece that answers the questions: Who is Ocaña for me? and What does he represent?
José Pérez Ocaña was an artist who opened a path of freedom. He was openly homosexual and during Franco's dictatorship was crossdressing and walking on Rambla, the main street in the city center of Barcelona. He was from a small village in the south of Spain called Cantillana and this is why he always dressed up with big heats and flowers. He came to live in Barcelona in the '70s to show what freedom looks like and to be an authentic rebel of authenticity.
This is how My Ocaña happened.
A performance piece for the exhibition by Balthazar Klarwein.
Collage by Maike Lüdenbach.
Photography by Dessislava Pirinchieva.
A performance piece for the exhibition by Regina Rossell.