T-Shirt - Manuel Torres

T-shirt decorated with a drawing by the Painter Patricio Hidalgo , the "painter" of flamenco.

The drawings and paintings of Patricio Hidalgo (Ibiza, 1979), a multifaceted and multidisciplinary creator, are avant-garde and popular, abstract and figurative, but always seek to capture the essence of flamenco art and the character of flamenco artists, who have ended up describing it as 'pintaor'.

Son of an amateur guitarist, Hidalgo lives between Seville and La Puebla de Cazalla (Seville), a town that is a stronghold of the deepest flamenco, and he himself wanted to be a dancer and guitarist – his teacher, in Morón de la Frontera (Seville) was Paco del Gastor – until life put him in the dilemma of choosing between "the guitar or the brushes". His works are distinguished by the speed of execution, more than the physiognomy he is interested in gesture: "It's like when you go down the street and you recognize someone by a gesture, not by their figure; Movement is what gives life", says the artist who, to portray artists who no longer belong to the realm of the living, resorts to videos in search of their "gestures", their style, their character.

JOSÉ MONJE CRUZ, gypsy singer, better known worldwide in this world of flamenco art with the artistic name of CAMARÓN DE LA ISLA, was born in San Fernando (Cádiz) at number 29 Calle del Carmen, on December 5, 1950 and died in the hospital of Badalona (Barcelona) on July 2, 1992 of a profound lung disease. From a very young age he was already singing, he was the second of eight children, from a basket family. He began to make himself known at the early age of 8 years, spontaneously in the famous Venta de Vargas, in his hometown, where his brother Manuel took him to earn some money. He began to meet many flamenco singers, he became close friends with Alonso Núñez (Rancapino).

DESCRIPTION: Short sleeve t-shirt. Round neck of 4 layers in ribbed 1x1 with shoulder to shoulder seams. Side seams.

COMPOSITION 100% cotton, smooth point, 165 g/m². Color gray vigoré 58: 85% cotton / 15% viscose.