El Quarter de Barraja (English Baraja Barracks) is one of the most famous buildings in Puerto Rico’s old San Juan region. It was part of a Spanish military block, including Elmoro, a large fortress guarded above a section of the coast, with the aim of finding and protecting invading forces. Spanish soldiers engaged in military campaigns along with barracks certification and arms storage duties when the island was a Spanish colony. The building has multiple entry points, leading to a large open courtyard where everything fits into a small army. This is the perfect space to shine the spotlight through local talent: theatre events, art galleries, folk dance and markets. In fact, using El Quarter to emphasize Puerto Rican creativity means an attempt to hit the colony of the place, replacing it with something that pushes it back into a oppressive heritage.
Edgard Miranda Rodriguez contributes to this cultural resistance initiative with a new exhibition focusing on the present and future of his creation, currently on display on the third floor of El Cartel. The exhibition entitled “The Art of La Borinqueña” serves as one of the first activities of Humanidades Puerto Rico, a nonprofit organization that invested in supporting projects that include art. It is open to the public from 11am to 4:30pm Thursday through Saturday. It will run until August 20th of this year.
“The Art of La Borin queña” features the most iconic pages and covers of the original cartoon, featuring legendary works such as George Perez, John “Crash One” Matos and Ken Lashley. If you’re following Miranda-Rodríguez’s book, you’ll find enough to love here. If you’re new to the world of Lab Lin Quenya, the exhibition is essentially a warm welcome into a fantasy world with one foot firmly planted on the complexity of Puerto Rican identity and the richness of Puerto Rican experiences from the island to the diaspora.
One particularly exciting aspect of the exhibition is the action figure showcase. This includes the prototype of the first line of Miranda-Rodríguez, which released the latest addition to the Labrinquenya allies group: V-G1Gante. This is a mecha inspired by Mazinger, inspired by Puerto Rico’s own Vegigantes. Local folktales characters play sports with horns and fangs, which originally meant to scare people off to church. It’s amazing. Those who visit El Quarter will see it very well.
Edgard Miranda Rodriguez is the master promoter of his work. Indie creators need to be careful. Miranda Rodriguez built Labrinquenha at the facility. Brick bricks. It took many steps to get his character to a point. She has already been featured in Smithsonian and Chocolate Bar, inspired by cosplay and graffiti art, and is the leading voice of a fundraising comic book called Recanstruction, with the aim of supporting the victims of Hurricane Maria (stripped the Caribbean in 2017). She becomes bigger and more important at each stage of the road. This latest exhibition is based on missions, and our current stay at El Quarter de Varaja is a fun and great achievement pointing to an even bigger future.
Let’s take a look at this V-G1Gante:
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