Delia Cancela
| Delia Cancela | |
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| Born | 1940 |
| Education | Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes |
| Known for | Painting, Fashion Design |
| Movement | Pop Art |
| Spouse(s) | Pablo Mesejean |
 “Della Cancela y Pablo Mesejean en su atelier 1967”, DiFilm |
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“A visit with Delia Cancela in her home in Buenos Aires August 2015”, ashadedview |
Delia Cancela (born 1940, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine pop artist and fashion designer. She has lived in Argentina, New York, London and Paris, and exhibited internationally. Retrospective exhibitions of her work and her collaborations with Pablo Mesejean include Delia Cancela 2000-Retrospectiva (2000), Pablo & Delia, The London Years 1970-1975 (2001), and Delia Cancela: una artista en la moda (2013).
Delia Cancela was born in 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires.
Cancela began to exhibit widely in the early 1960s. Her work, which incorporated images such as Elvis Presley, made her part of Buenos Aires' pop art scene. She was one of 6 artistas en Lirolay. Sexteto ('Six Artists in Lirolay: Sextet') at the Galería Lirolay, representing the best of Buenos Aires “new art” in January 1964.
Cancela exhibited at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes and won the Premio de Honor Ver y Estimar in 1963 and 1964. The magazine Ver y Estimar ('See and Estimate') was formed by Jorge Romero Brest and published from 1948 to 1955. An association was founded in 1954 which awarded the Premio de Honor Ver y Estimar from 1960-1968. One of Cancela's well-known pieces from this time is Broken Heart (1964).
Her work was included in the exhibition Arte Nuevo de la Argentina ('New Art of Argentina', 1964) which was co-organized by the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella (ITDT) and the Walker Art Center, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The exhibition traveled to Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Minneapolis.
From the 1960s until his death in 1991, Cancela collaborated with Pablo Mesejean. They married in 1965. Their work is non-traditional and cross-disciplinary, incorporating theater and costume design, fine art and fashion. In 1965, Cancela and Mesejean held their first full exhibition Love and Life at Galería Lirolay. Combining painting, set design, music and performance, this exhibit has been identified by critic Nelly Perazzo as one of a series of "true landmarks" in forward-looking Argentinian art. In 1966 Cancela and Mesejean exhibited Nosotros Amamos ('We Love') at the Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, supporting acceptance of gender identity and popular culture. They also signed a "manifesto":
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