Virus 19 Teorías

Behind Frida Kahlo’s portraits, lies the story of both her life and work. It is precisely this combination that draws the reader in. Frida’s work is a record of her life, and rarely can we learn so much about an artist from what she records inside the picture frame. Frida Kahlo truly is Mexico’s gift to the history of art. She was just eighteen years old when a terrible bus accident changed her life forever, leaving her handicapped and burdened with constant physical pain. But her explosive character, raw determination and hard work helped to shape her artistic talent. And although he...

La muestra presenta una selección de obras realizadas a partir de los años ochenta, estructuradas según los principales planteamientos actuales en torno a la visualidad, exigiendo al espectador que se enfrente desde su propia experiencia a obras que exigen una participación activa para conectar con unos lenguajes que traspasan lo meramente visible. En palabras de la comisaria, "la política de la prueba y la pseudoevidencia mediática hacen más necesario que nunca que el discurso artístico abra las vías a una cada vez más necesaria imaginación productiva".

Dutch artist Marc Bijl shifts as effortlessly between anarchism, gothic culture, art and life as he does between the media of image, text and music. Echoes of Marcel Broodthaers and Joseph Beuys abound.

This publication tours the Museo de Arte de Ponce's collection of highly regarded Spanish painting and sculpture. The museum, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, celebrates the richness of Western art from the dawn of the Renaissance through to the end of the 19th century.