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Boca: Colour and Texture.

La Boca was named for its position at “the mouth” of the Riachuelo, and its role as the entry port for thousands of immigrants from Italy, Spain, and other European countries. Those settlers struggled, starved and celebrated this raucous barrio. The patchwork of colours comes from the small quantities of paint begged or purloined from ships where some of the imigrants worked as stevedores.
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  • An image of Benito Quinquela Martín the La Boca born artist who inspired the colourful neighbourhood that inspired this gallery.
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