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SUMMARY:Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión
DESCRIPTION:The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest 
 private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and 
 located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in 
 Peru’s Colonial and Republican eras—the Union Club emerged during a 
 19th-century trend of gentleman’s clubs inspired by British models. 
 Initially\, such clubs served as meeting places for foreign businessmen\, 
 but in the case of the Union Club\, it became a gathering space for men who 
 fought in the 19th-century war between Bolivia\, Chile\, and Peru\, and 
 later played prominent roles in shaping Peru’s political landscape. 
 \n\nAlthough the Club has undergone significant changes\, including the 
 admission of women in 1982\, much of its architecture and decor remain 
 steeped in a vision of Peru where men were the primary—if not 
 exclusive—participants in democratic society. By capturing the Club’s 
 interiors in black-and-white photography\, Lucero sheds light on the pomp 
 and solemnity of symbols of masculine power\, such as the bar\, the pool 
 tables\, and the podium. Her work reveals a haunting sense of stasis\, 
 where the ghosts of traditional gendered roles persist and continue to 
 define these spaces.  \n\nBy mirroring and exposing the patriarchal 
 foundations of the Peruvian club\, The Union Club invites viewers to 
 critically examine their own affiliations and complicities in upholding 
 traditional masculinity. It challenges them to question how the spaces and 
 institutions that they engage with\, may perpetuate the power structures 
 rooted in exclusion and dominance. \n
LOCATION:First Floor Landing\, Albert Sloman Library\, Colchester
ORGANIZER;CN="Gisselle Giron":MAILTO:ggiron@essex.ac.uk
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CONTACT;CN="Gisselle Giron":MAILTO:ggiron@essex.ac.uk
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URL:https://libcal.essex.ac.uk/calendar/arts-at-essex/the-union-club
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