Monday 30 June
9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
The tangos of Mariano Otero || Collector's stamp Carlos Gardel
Price : FREE
THE TANGOS OF MARIANO OTERO
For several years, Tangopostale has been eager to exhibit Mariano Otero's tango works. His wife and their two daughters opened the doors of his studio to us, and together, we selected the most beautiful pastels and drawings that you will see in this exceptional exhibition.
Mariano Otero's work features still lifes, nudes, bathers, café scenes, posters and of course, what is of special interest to us today, tangos.
Exhibition opening hours:
➜ Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June: from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
➜ From Monday, June 30 to Friday, July 4: from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
➜ Opening celebration of the exhibition on Wednesday, July 2 at 11 a.m.
Mariano Otero, a Spanish painter born in Madrid in August 1942 and who died in Rennes on July 9, 2019, listened to a lot of tango when he was a kid, and never forgot its tunes and dances, its lyrics and its colors.
Solitude, uprooting, but also social justice and revolt—all these themes have been dear to him in the wake of the exile of his father in 1947. The latter was a republican writer and journalist forced to flee Franco's regime. It wasn't until 1956 that the Otero family joined him in Rennes, when Mariano was 14 years old.
Using ink on paper, pencils for line drawing, pastels on paper: for around ten years, Mariano Otero painted, in various formats, the dancing couple, the tanguera putting her shoe back on, the entwining of bodies, the sound of the bandoneon, etc.
“My attraction to tango goes back a long time. My mother, who danced it very well in her youth, sang the words of Carlos Gardel to me as a child… Tango was in me and the turning point happened in November 1994… Since then, I have been revolving around tango.”
CARLOS GARDEL COLLECTOR STAMP PROJECT
On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the death of Carlos Gardel (1890 – 1935), on the initiative of Georges Galopa, president of the Gardéliens of Toulouse and specialist in Gardel's biography, and in partnership with La Poste, theToulouse Philatelic Union decided to create a stamp and a collector's item (of 4 different stamps) in tribute to the creator of the sung tango. A postcard cancelled with a postmark illustrated with Carlos Gardel completes this tribute.
These unique stamps will be on display at the Municipal Community of Health Centre, during the same hours as the "Tangos of Mariano Otero" exhibition. They will be on sale on site, then at the Eterna milonga every day, as well as during the Despedida on Sunday, July 6 at Mas Tolosa.
Beyond the presentation of this project, you can enjoy at the Municipal Community of Health an exhibition of stamps, postcards and musical documents on Carlos Gardel around the world, Latin America, tango, musical instruments, spread over three panels.
The official launch of this project will take place on Sunday, June 29 at 4 p.m. at the Municipal Health Community, in the presence of Mr Georges Galopa, president of the Toulouse Gardéliens association.
Esquirol metro station (line A) - 8 minutes walking
