WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2017
(early afternoon)
El cuadrado gris / The gray square, barrio Obrero, San Juan, PR
Dancer – Maria de Azua
Electronic cello – Juan Verdera
Video – Ozzie Forbes
Curatorial – Anna Astor Blanco
Sculptures – Lillian Mulero
“The dancer ( Maria de Azua) will interact with the two sculptures: the all powerful Mother Leg and the Floppy Man. This performance with live music (by Juan Verdera) will be live-streamed (by Ozzie Forbes) on Facebook during the afternoon of May 3rd. Later an edited version of the event will be posted (by Anna Astor Blanco) on Facebook. Maria plans to use the muletas (crutches) while coming down the stairs into the gallery space where the sculptures are located. This is such a different experience for me, I'm very excited and hopeful,” says Lillian.
MULETA MALETA MULERO
The grey square says -- We have the pleasure of presenting Lillian Mulero's personal exhibition
MULETA MALETA MULERO on 14 April starting @ 7pm.
El cuadrado gris / The gray square (Facebook page)
455 Calle Tito Rodriguez, San Juan, Puerto Rico
El cuadrado gris / The gray square is a contemporary art platform where both
emerging and experienced multi-disciplinary artists are showcased & archived.
Lillian says -- I will be presenting new sculpture and 500 drawings, along with
a couple of older paintings and one historic artifact.
Please join us for the opening reception...
El cuadrado gris dice ... Tenemos
el placer de presentar a Lillian Mulero con su exhibición personal
MULETA MALETA MULERO
14 abril desde las 7pm.
The grey square says -- We have the pleasure of presenting Lillian Mulero's personal exhibition MULETA MALETA MULERO
14 April starting @ 7pm.
El
cuadrado gris / The gray square
455
Calle Tito Rodriguez, San Juan, Puerto Rico
On March 1, 2016, Lillian Mulero organized a demonstration starting at the Plaza de Armas, then marching through Old San Juan to the Capital building overlooking the sea.
March 1, 2017 -- artist Lillian Mulero returned to the San Juan, PR Capital building dressed in her 1995 replica of the suit worn by Lolita Lebron during Lebron's action at the U.S. Capital building in Washington D.C., March 1, 1954.
Marker on Bristol board, 9 x 12 in, Santa Olaya, PR, 01/21/17
Collection of the Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2013
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Piezo print, 8.5 x 11 in., collection of Pablo del Hierro, San Juan, PR, 2016
Documentation photos by Esteban Valdes, with participation of Olga Ortiz Acevedo and Chemi Rosado-Siejo
"WE ARE THE SPIRIT OF LOLITA LEBRON," said artist Lillian Mulero on March 1, 2016, when she organized a demonstration starting at the Plaza de Armas, marching through Old San Juan to the Capital building overlooking the sea.
In the SAN JUAN STAR daily newspaper, she was quoted as saying, "I will walk the streets of Old San Juan, dressed as Lolita Lebron, to demonstrate that even today the events of 1950 and the action by Lolita Lebron in Washington D.C., hold a deep resonance with our contemporary story of Puerto Rico and its relationship to the USA."
Artist Lillian Mulero, as Lolita Lebron, at the Capital building, San Juan, PR, March 1, 2016 -- photo by Chemi Rosado-Siejo
CLICK to view video documentation by Esteban Valdes
March 1, 2016, San Juan, PR:
Artist Lillian Mulero prepares for her demonstration march from Plaza de Armas to the Capital building in Old San Juan -- evoking the memory of Lolita Lebron -- she sews the jacket of her costume, a replica of the suit worn by Lebron during her attack on Congress in Washington D.C., March 1, 1950.
DATELINE, SAN JUAN, PR
March 1, 2016 is the 62nd anniversary of the 1954 Puerto Rican Nationalist Party attack on the US House of Representatives by Lolita Lebron, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irving Flores and Andrés Figueroa Cordero. To commemorate that historic event, I will walk the streets of Old San Juan dressed as Lolita Lebron, to demonstrate that those times hold a deep resonance with our contemporary story – OUR HISTORY – the story of Puerto Rico and its relationship to the USA.
I invite everyone to walk with me, in the spirit of LOLITA, on March 1st staring at 2PM at PLAZA DE ARMAS on the corner of calle San Francisco and calle Cruz and ending in front of the CAPITOL building overlooking the SEA.
I issue a special invitation to the artistic-cultural community – musicians, educators, painters, film-makers, actors, writers and journalists, and all the dancers of our country who have LOVE and PRIDE for the national identity of Puerto Rico.
DO NOT FORGET YOUR HISTORY – OR YOUR CULTURE!
Sincerely,
Lillian Mulero, artist
P.S. Bring musical instruments, steel pots and spoons to add some thunder to the parade. Please bring flowers, palm fronds and elephant-ear branches to decorate the procession.
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SAN JUAN, PR – March 1, 2016 the 62nd anniversary of the 1954 Puerto Rican Nationalist Party attack on the US House of Representatives by Lolita Lebron, and compatriots. To commemorate that historic event, she will walk the streets of Old San Juan dressed as the spirit of Lolita Lebron, to demonstrate that those times hold a deep resonance with our contemporary story.
Lillian Mulero, artist
ARTIST LILLIAN MULERO, AS THE SPIRIT OF LOLITA LEBRON, IN FRONT OF EL CAPTIOLIO, SAN JUAN, PR
I invite everyone to walk with me, in the spirit of LOLITA, on March 1st staring at 2PM at PLAZA DE ARMAS on the corner of calle San Francisco and calle Cruz and ending in front of the CAPITOL building overlooking the SEA.
I issue a special invitation to the artistic-cultural community – musicians, educators, painters, film-makers, actors, writers and journalists, and all the dancers of our country who have LOVE and PRIDE for the national identity of Puerto Rico.
DO NOT FORGET YOUR HISTORY – OR YOUR CULTURE!
Sincerely,
Lillian Mulero, artist