Eva Díaz Torres

Eva Díaz Torres (1943 - 14 February 1993) was a Uruguayan ceramicist, who specialised in the production of Raku ware. A member of the Tupamaros, she was imprisoned for her political beliefs from 1972 to 1974.

Eva Díaz Torres
Born1943
Died14 February 1993
CitizenshipUruguay
EducationTorres Garcia Workshop
OccupationCeramicist
StyleRaku ware
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Díaz and the second or maternal family name is Torres.

Biography

Díaz was born in Tarrasa, Barcelona in 1943. She was the daughter of the sculptor Eduardo Díaz Yepes (es) and Olimpia Torres (es), and the granddaughter of the master of constructivism Joaquín Torres García.[1][2] She emigrated with her family to Paris in 1946,[3] and returned to Montevideo in 1947, settling in Uruguay.[1]

In 1958 her interest in ceramics began and she entered the Torres García Workshop (es), where she received training from the painter and ceramicist José Gurvich.[3] Whilst there she also took classes with the Catalan potter Josep Collell.[4]

Díaz's concern for social justice drove her to join the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional-Tupamaros. In 1972 she was arrested and prosecuted by the military dictatorship. She was confined in a detention centre for political prisoners until the end of 1974. After being released from prison, she emigrated with his family first to Costa Rica for a brief stay, and then to Barcelona.[3]

In 1985 she returned to Uruguay, where she once again set up a workshop.[3] She worked with various techniques, developing research and analysis in ceramic and enamel techniques. She presented her work in collective exhibitions and in a solo show at the Exhibition Hall of the Municipal Palace of Montevideo.[5] during this period, Díaz expanded her knowledge of and experimentation with Raku ware, developing a series of sculptural pieces and becoming a prominent Uruguayan exponent of the technique.[3]

Díaz died in Montevideo on 14 February 1993.[1]

Legacy

In 2009, a retrospective of Díaz's work was held at the Torres Garcia Museum.[5][6] In March 2018, an anthological exhibition of Díaz's work was held at the Gurvich Museum in Montevideo.[3][7] Curated by her daughters Jimena, a curator, and Micaela Perera Díaz, the show featured fifty ceramics from her rakú technique body of work.[5]

References
  1. "EVA DIAZ TORRES - Museo Torres García". 2016-06-23. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  2. Cruz, Pedro da (1994). Torres García and Cercle Et Carré: The Creation of Constructive Universalism : Paris 1927-1932. Lund University. ISBN 978-91-628-1276-8.
  3. "Muestra póstuma trae a Montevideo obras de la nieta española de Torres García". El Economista America (in Spanish). 3 August 2018.
  4. Perera, Jimena (2018). Eva Díaz Torres, hoy (in Spanish). Museo Gurvich. ISBN 978-9974-91-892-4.
  5. Trinidad, Adriana (2018-04-02). "El Museo Gurvich alberga una muestra de Eva Díaz Torres, que también es un homenaje". Uruguay Natural Marca Pais - Sitio Oficial (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  6. "Eva Díaz, algo más que virtuosismo". LARED21 (in Spanish). 2009-08-17. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
  7. "Eva Díaz Torres - Hoy - Museo Gurvich | Fundación Gurvich". josegurvich.org. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
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