No es casualidad que Georges Didi-Huberman haya dedicado todo un libro a reflexionar sobre el baile de Israel Galván. En “El Bailaor de Soledades” el autor escucha, observa y revela el arte del bailaor. “Israel Galván no se muestra. Aparece.”, nos dice Didi-Huberman.
28/06 - 16/11/2011
No ver para creer… este es el secreto de la instalación Architecture as Air del arquitecto japonés Junya Ishigami.
Se trata de una reelaboración de la pieza con la que Ishigami ganó el año pasado el León de Oro de la 12 Bienal de Arquitectura de Venecia. Adaptada esta vez al espacio de la Curve Gallery de la Barbican Art Gallery (Londres), se trata de una estructura tan delicada y transparente que a penas puede verse.
The power to educate or to seduce, to heal or to scare, to tame or to arouse, to unite or to divide...
From cave murals to digital pictures, images have always had a profound impact on human thought.
Hence, they’ve been often seen as carriers of ideas, used by the political or religious leadership in order to propagate ideologies and direct the masses towards one direction or the other.
Written in response to the Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art’s invitation to speak on the subject of art and worship, the following three short essays suggest possible readings of selected works by three contemporary artists that engage with significantly different concerns through their practice.
BILL VIOLA, Dolorosa, 2000, Color video diptych on two freestanding vertical LCD flat panels framed and hinged together, 11 minute loop, 16 X 24 1/2 X 5 3/4 inches, Edition of 5
Eduardo Ponjuán, Hundido en la línea del Horizonte
“…I just can’t help thinking that science is the new religion for many people.
It’s as simple and as complicated as that really.”*
Damien Hirst
What is the new religion today? Is it Science, Religion, Art or a mixture of all of these?
