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VELAZQUEZ DE VISITA EN EL MET MUSEUM DE NYC
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
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El Retrato de Francisco I d'Este, una de las pinturas menos conocida de Velázquez, estará por primera vez en los Estados Unidos en el Museo Metropolitano de Nueva York hasta el 14 de Julio. La pintura estará en exhibición como parte de la nueva re-instalación de la Colección de 'Old Masters' del museo.
Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (Spanish, 1599–1660). Duke Francesco I d'Este, 1638. Oil on canvas. Galleria Estense, Modena © su concessione del Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali.
Among the most distinctive portraits by Diego Velázquez is one he painted of Francesco I d'Este (1610–58), the Duke of Modena, during the duke's visit to Madrid in 1638 to secure the support of Philip IV. The duke is shown in armor, wearing a red sash, his head turned toward the viewer. It is a work that conveys a quality of arrogance and sensuality, and is a high watermark in the history of baroque portraiture, while also illustrating the importance of Velázquez's portraits to Spanish diplomacy. In 1843 the painting was acquired by the Galleria Estense—one of the most prestigious of Italy's regional museums—in Modena, Italy, and it has never before been lent to an institution in the United States. This special, three-month loan coincides with the re-installation of the Metropolitan's collection of Old Master paintings. It not only makes accessible to an American public one of the least known of Velázquez's works, but also calls attention to the severe damage suffered throughout the Italian region of Emilia Romagna after a devastating earthquake in May 2012. The Galleria Estense has been temporarily closed due to the damage it sustained.
* Velázquez's Portrait of Francesco I d'Este > A Masterpiece from the Galleria Estense, Modena > Ends July 14 > Met Museum > Velazquez.
FRANCIS BACON EN EL MET
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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Entrar al mundo de Francis Bacon no te deja incólume. Es directo, preciso, brutal pero contenido. Contenido en una crudeza que te deja al descubierto. La humanidad como accidente. Sin dios. El poder y la religión que oprimen y corrompen, el ser humano, el ser animal, el ser 'queer' o gay, relaciones escabrosas, el ente social desnudo.
Francis Bacon, el artista moderno por excelencia, un compendio moderno del ente social, con la vision fotográfica, con iconos modernos como elementos pictoricos, hace una sociografía del ser social. Es el veredicto a una sociedad opresiva. Una vision bastante exacta de esa parte oscura del ente social. Si, es grotesca pero realista. On the mark.
En la obra de Francis Bacon no existe espacio para la celebración, para un positivismo, también muy humano. Su vida personal, llena de conflictos le pemite plasmar con pintos y señas esa sociedad que lo oprime. Bacon es el observador científico de esa sociedad en donde él siempre ha sido el 'queer', el diferente.
Y me llenó de optimismo. En Bacon, te miras a los ojos, te reconoces, reconectas y asumes los retos de ser humano, solo por serlo. Bacon te centra.
El Museo Metropolitano nos trae la primera retrospectiva de Bacon en 20 años para celebrar los 100 años de su nacimiento. Asi que para muchos, como para mi, será la primera oportunidad de explorar su obra de cerca. Con unas 150 obras, de las cuales 65 son pinturas, la muestra presenta la evolucion cronológica y los temas centrales del artista durante su vida productiva.
Where: Met Museum. Closes on August 16, 2009.
1- Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992) Three Studies for a Self-Portrait, 1979–1980 Oil on canvas, 14 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (37.5 x 31.8 cm) each. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, 1998 (1999.363.1a-c) © 2009 The Estate of Francis Bacon / ARS, New York / DACS, London
2-Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992) Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, ca. 1944
Oil on board, 37 3/8 x 28 15/16 in. (95 x 73.5 cm) each. Tate. Presented by Eric Hall, 1953 Digital Image © Tate © 2009 The Estate of Francis Bacon / ARS, New York / DACS, London
3- Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992) Painting, 1946 Oil and pastel on linen, 77 7/8 x 52 in. (197.8 x 132.1 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Purchase, 1948 .Digital Image © The Museum of Modern Art/Licensed by SCALA / Art Resource, NY © 2009 The Estate of Francis Bacon / ARS, New York / DACS, London.Oil on board, 37 3/8 x 28 15/16 in. (95 x 73.5 cm) each. Tate. Presented by Eric Hall, 1953 Digital Image © Tate © 2009 The Estate of Francis Bacon / ARS, New York / DACS, London
4- Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992) Head III, 1949 Oil on canvas, 32 x 26 in. (81.3 x 66 cm)
Private collection © 2009 The Estate of Francis Bacon / ARS, New York / DACS, London
5- Francis Bacon (British, 1909–1992) Portrait of John Edwards, 1988 Oil on canvas, 77 15/16 x 58 1/16 in. (198 x 147.5 cm) The Estate of Francis Bacon, courtesy Faggionato Fine Arts, London, and Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York © 2009 The Estate of Francis Bacon / ARS, New York / DACS, London
