MUCPA
PANAMA CITY MUSEUM


Illustration
2019

Art Direction: Román Flórez

I was commissioned by MUCPA to portray 14 iconic theaters in Panama City and Colón for the exhibition “Imagining the City. Retrospective of Panamanian Cinema”. The illustrated pieces were exhibited outside the Hatillo Building (City Hall of Panama offices) on illuminated acrylic plates inside traffic cones. Since it was the first time that an exhibition of this type had been held and the visual references were very few, they gave me the opportunity to recreate these magical places through illustration.

Recibí un encargo del MUCPA para retratar 14 teatros icónicos de la ciudad de Panamá y Colón para la exposición “Imaginando la Ciudad. Retrospectiva del Cine Panameño”. Las piezas ilustradas se exhibieron en el exterior del Edificio Hatillo (oficinas de la Alcaldía de Panamá) sobre placas de acrílico iluminadas dentro de conos de tránsito. Como era la primera vez que se hacía una exhibición de este tipo y las referencias visuales eran muy pocas, me dieron la oportunidad de recrear estos mágicos lugares a través de piezas ilustradas.

Fun fact: When searching Aurora Theatre (1909) on the internet, you will find wrong pictures published by local newspapers. An accurate visual reference was found after a deep research by the curator, and then given to me to recreate it. The original reference was black & white so I used color references from war time movies.

Photos: ©José Jiménez Vega • Panama City 500 • La Prensa
Use of these images for personal or commercial use without prior permission is prohibited.

Fotos: ©José Jiménez Vega • Ciudad Panamá 500 • La Prensa
El uso de estas imágenes para uso personal o comercial sin previa autorización están prohibidos.

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