From ethnographic to camp Orientalism: Gabriel Morcillo Raya
Claudia Hopkins
Professor of Art History at Edinburgh College of Art
University of Edinburgh
The memorial lecture entitled From ethnographic to camp Orientalism: Gabriel Morcillo Raya will be delivered by Claudia Hopkins, Professor of Art History at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh. It first situates the homoerotic work of the Granadan painter Gabriel Morcillo Raya (1887-1973) within the context of his own era and Spanish Orientalism. It then examines Raya's social and artistic networks, his patrons and audiences, drawing comparisons with other figures whose work also created new spaces for male subjectivity.
The lecture will be followed by e reception in the Picture Gallery.
David Vilaseca Memorial Lecture
Admission is free but booking is essential; please email centreforvisualcultures@royalhollloway.ac.uk
Image: Moors by Gabriel Morcillo Raya, c. 1920-40 (oil on canvas, 100 x 124 cm, private collection). It shows two young, semi-nude male figures seated closely together sporting brightly patterned turbans: the left figure is holding a large tray of fruit, the other is cradling a green terracotta vase.
