David Bowie
of Diego Rivera in the Palacio de Bellas Artes.
A picture Fernando Aceves of - 1997
Music has always been part of my life. It is one of the lead wires in seconds that transports me to a state of unconsciousness subversive. With it I can travel back and enjoy this in a click.
few days ago I had the opportunity to revive old ways of youth with a couple of good friends (J. Carlos and Gilberto), as we drove to know EXPO ROCK GALLERY in Colonia Condesa.
all started days before when we talked about record sales "catalog" in close proximity to the gallery, until then, was unknown to all . I proposed a visit to this new space in Mexico City where you can breathe pure, total and absolute rock, blues, hard rock, metal, R & B, jazz, among others, all captured, for 20 years, through the lens of Mexican photographer Fernando Aceves, and Baron Wolman, American photographer highlights from the decade of the 60 with collaboration for the magazine Rolling Stone .
Circling the streets of the Countess began to emerge memories as my time at university. However, it was entering the street from Atlixco that immediately sprang a sensation that caused me great joy as they remembered friends of the "prepared" with whom I lived many years, right on the corner of Michoacán and Atlixco. We used to meet at the home of Taissir weekends to listen to rock, blues, jazz, progressive, punk, metal, etc., and among all disks, which could be a strong feedback that united generations, concepts and thoughts .
Who was going to say that 22 years later would be born a few meters, just at 100, a place called EXPO ROCK GALLERY, where he would find virtually all soundtrack of my life made into images. A place where the mind experiences an impressive musical madness that makes us "descelofanear" a lot of vinyl like old times.
For his part, Fernando Aceves presents photographs of the singer William Bruce Bailey, better known as Axl Rose, dressed in kilt and with reference to nationality his father. Undoubtedly one of the best photographs that captures the most productive stage of Guns 'N' Roses in the early 90's.
We also met with the group Pink Floyd in the first two concerts held in Mexico, Foro Sol, in April 1994. Concerts causing too much euphoria in the audience live to see one of the most emblematic of progressive rock in her "Division Bell." Although the lineup and was not Roger Waters, the show that we could observe everything exceeded seen so far in Mexico. Although not much, and we began to breathe other musical airs of great importance in the history of rock ... --- although that day "pigs" have not taken flight ---.
heavy figures If we talk, The Rolling Stones are more than present in the gallery through photographs that bring studio sessions, concerts and filming one of his videos (I Go Wild - 1995), in the former Convent of San Lazaro, in Candelaria de los Patos. Through these, we see a background and textures with the technique of video would be impossible.
Rolling Near the vampire is more: Peter Murphy. A presence in a picture that makes it look odd and, therefore, unrecognizable to me with everything and the card data. Nothing like a "vampire" I've ever seen three times in concert.
If it is blues, Eric Clapton makes an appearance in two stages of life through different photos. Although I must admit that one of them I think the most significant as it brings us back to the only concert that has given our country "Slow Hand", at the Foro Sol, the last of her "Reptile Tour" in October 2001. Undoubtedly, one of the best concerts that I have witnessed in Mexico and that is unforgettable for me to have closed with the theme "Somewhere over the rainbow" with the light show to the public accompanied the guitarist. The faces of surprise expressed by Clapton and Nathan East've only seen during the second concert of Paul McCartney who recently gave at the Foro Sol By the way, I must say that clear and cold night in 2001, Eric Clapton was preceded by the intervention of the group "Toto" who came led by Steve Lukather, wonderful.
David Bowie is another in the gallery through a photograph, which is unprecedented, achieved by Fernando Aceves in 1997. Bowie is contemplating and analyzing the Diego Rivera mural "Man at a Crossroads" at the Palace of Fine Arts .
It achieves a stunning optical illusion. At a glance it seems that Bowie is one of those paintings honoring the nickname "The Chameleon." To our knowledge, no one has made a photo of the singer with these characteristics, which tells us that life and photography are made of moments that Fernando has captured through the lens. So much so that David Bowie himself has given recognition through a two-page letter written in his own handwriting, stamped with his signature.
For its part, the work of Baron Wolman presents a series of pictures that caught my attention. They manages to catch eyes that are hard to find artists. As in the case of Janis Joplin that shows us a very special light and joy in their eyes. Never seen her like this and it is not good lighting (that is appreciated and well) is really very expressive this image.
also find Mick Jager in a shot that, although not to my liking by his expression, his eyes again a magnet for the viewer. I'm sure you will make more than one turn because we all know that Mick has clear eyes, but that black and white photography that emphasizes go.
is unusual to find a Pink Floyd in their early days, when rock was becoming a large-scale theatrical and musical earthquake that would shake all the shows later. In EXPO ROCK GALLERY Baron presents an iconic image of the group just in time to take off the charts on EMI, and his first big hit "Arnold Lane" .
youth if it comes, BB King could no longer be present throughout history and a reflection of those years he made himself known as the "King of the Blues" in the early 60 .
Anyway. I could spend hours talking about U2, Rod Stewart, Bono, Ozzy Osbourne, The Police, Sting, Kiss and others who will see in that precious space. However I needed and very worthwhile, each living their own experience and relive the sound and smell that occurs when removing a disc from its case made on bond paper, matte or gloss, and admire those works cover art made of cardboard "Caplan", having to face all those photographs.
Surely a place like EXPO ROCK GALLERY was needed in Mexico. Only abroad could be seen musical photography exhibitions and / or rock, although historic record stores in Mexico as "Zorba", "Super Sound", "Rock Shop", "Hits 70", "AB Records", " Disco Sound "," Disk Memory "," Discolandia "," The Great Disco "," Tower Records "(beginning), among others, were what gave us little photographic materials owned by the same owners. So before you even dream to have one of those pictures hanging on the wall of our room.
was not until 2000 when photography first focused on the music makes a real recognition in Mexico by Fernando Aceves and his statement: "The Rolling Stones" at the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition consisted of 32 exposures in color and 11 black and white, taken between 1994 and 1998, during the group presentations from Canada, Mexico and the United States.
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