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La Boca
Artists
Artists
by
Florencia Battiti and Cintia Mezza
August 2006
August 2006
We are about to venture into the fascinating world of the famed La Boca artists. This dossier reviews the gravitations of the modernization process of Argentine art throughout the last one hundred years, and the role that its growing cultural institutions played along the way. This investigative work has been authored by Florencia Battiti, and assisted by Cintia Mezza.
1907
Harry Grant Olds.
Calle Olavarría
Calle Olavarría
Inspired by the mythical independence movement of 1882, on December 13, a group of neighbors founded the Republic of La Boca. Gathered at La Confitería (The bakery bar), located on Alte. Brown and Pinzón streets, the group also becomes known as “los contreras de Quintana” (“the opposition of Quintana”), as a way to show their dislike for then president Dr. Manuel Quintana, known for his repression of the Boquense working class district.
