Work commented by Aída E. Bueno Sarduy, Anthropologist, NYU, Middlebury College and Boston University.

Antonio Fillol Granell (1870-1930) "The Rebel", c. 1914

Amidst insults and evident signs of mistreatment, a girl is expelled by her family from the camp where she lives. In this composition, which was presented at the National Exhibition of 1915 and acquired by the State, Fillol alludes with great emotional force both to the violence suffered by women and to the incomprehension of a patriarchal society based on ancestral traditions, here incarnated in the Gypsies, of women’s desires for emancipation and self-reliance.

English and Spanish subtitles available.

This video is part of "Arte incómodo", an “Uninvited Guests" video series. "Uninvited Guests. Episodes on Women, Ideology and the Visual Arts in Spain (1833-1931)" Exhibition (10/6/2020 - 3/14/2021)