Abstract

Encarnando adjetivos como histriónico, ácrata, provocador y fugaz, José Pérez Ocaña (Ocaña) (1947–1983) se erige, desde su creación artística, como una de las figuras públicas más evidentes del proto-movimiento LGTBIQ+ en la Barcelona y la España del posfranquismo. A partir de su contextualización geográfica e histórica, así como de la narración de su trayectoria vital de manera rizomática, las autorías del texto tratan de: 1) componer un retrato tentativo de Ocaña, hecho de interrelaciones de conceptos (como arte-vida y arte-sujeto); 2) reflexionar sobre su validez como creador poliédrico (performer, actor de teatrillo y pintor naíf) de referencia, haciendo énfasis en sus contradicciones; y 3) traerlo al presente como herramienta de trabajo en una pedagogía del arte contemporáneo que explore conceptos de diversidad, subalternidad, proximidad y honestidad. Las autorías concluyen con argumentos para activar la figura de Ocaña, libertario y desnudo, desde una memoria histórica activa, para contestar visiones actuales de la cultura que muestran tintes neorrancios. Embodying adjectives such as histrionic, anarchist, provocative, and fugacious, José Pérez Ocaña (Ocaña) (1947–1983) stands, from his artistic creation, as one of the most evident public figures of the proto-LGTBIQ+ movement in the post-Francoist Barcelona and Spain. Contextualizing his figure geographically and historically, while narrating in a rhizomatic way, the authors of this text aim: 1) to compose a tentative portrait of Ocaña, made of interrelationships of concepts (such as art-life and art-subject); 2) to reflect on his validity as a multifaceted creator (performer, theatre actor and naïve painter) of reference, emphasizing his contradictions; and 3) to bring it to the present, as a working tool in a pedagogy of contemporary art that explores concepts of diversity, subalternity, proximity and honesty. The authors conclude with arguments to activate the figure of Ocaña, libertarian and naked, from an active historical culture perspective, in order talk back current visions of culture that show neo[1]rancid overtones.

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