This photograph was taken on Avenida Argentina, where the Valparaíso fair is held every Wednesday and Sunday. On these days, the stalls are set up and taken down, and the fairgoers' carts circulate through the streets, carrying stacks of boxes containing food for the farmers who come to stock up.
"El Flaco" is an emblematic character from the movie "El gringuito" by Sergio Castilla. A boy returns to Chile with his parents who had been exiled in New York. Escaping from home, he meets "El Flaco" who is always pushing his wheelbarrow loaded with products for the fair. A great friendship is born.
Technical details
Paper size: 25x45cm
Olin rough paper 300gsm; water-based screen printing inks; pigment mix.
About our screen prints
Their production begins with the development of the black and white analog photographic film. We create color layers that are added to the photograph and develop them on screen printing matrices. By combining inks and pigments, we create a special color range for each series. Finally, each copy is printed by hand, layer by layer. All the works are numbered, signed, and stamped with its printing date.
