With this last bar, we finish with our little route of
bars/headquarter of distinct groups that configured the intellectual life of
different periods in Barcelona. More recently that the previous ones, we found
a consolidated group with a name that identifies it: Gauche Divine. This one in
particular, unlike modernists or political groups, revolved around one bar in
particular. In 1960s and 70s, club Bocaccio
was the meeting point of this people. A priori contradictory words as
cosmopolitism, left wing (even communism) and bourgeoisie characterized Gauche
Divine. For this reason, the journalist and writer Joan de Sagarra baptise them
with the satiric name of Gauche Divine (left wing divine as Gauche Caviar group
of France).
The diversity of disciplines and professions of Gauche
Divine’s members gave a particular essence to this group. Writers, philosophers, photographers,
architects… Different branches with a common point: progressivism and luxury.
When we noticed the existence of Gauche Divine our
first idea was that it would be interesting looking for some photographs that
could illustrate the nightlife of them. Their artistic production was very
linked to photography and cinema (with Escola
de Barcelona) and, for this reason, it could be even more important. Many
of these photographs, had an advertising objective, publicizing the brand of
Bocaccio’s.
Elsa Pereti in Bocaccio's bathroom
Drivers Graham Hill and Jim Clarck, 1967
Teresa Gimpera, the muse of Bocaccio's and its brand
Montse Riba advertising Bocaccio's
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