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In this performance, Grace appeared in the role of the artist, or maker of votive objects, performing a variation of an Umbanda (Afro-Brazilian, catholic syncretic religion) ritual that according to this religion forms a crossroads between the worlds of the living and the dead.
The ritual alone is beautiful and somewhat frightening. Which left behind a beautiful altar with a lingering ambiance, with an array of subtle smells and curious objects. Grace’s intention was to encourage the audience to question the authority of and complicity with artists and religious leaders, but more importantly to contemplate ones own spirituality or the lack there of.
Many thanks to Jareh Das (curator) and 176/Zabludowicz Collection
Zero de Conduite
Come to an original performance by Deniz Unal and myself!
This Friday, November 13th
8-10 Elevator Gallery
QUEENS YARD, WHITE POST LANE, HACKNEY WICK
it will look something like this
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check it out!
http://artistesonly.blogspot.com/2009/09/cms-graduate-mfa-degree-show-2009.html
I recently visited El Paular, a Benedictine Monastary near Madrid. It is adorned in the Churrigueresque style.
The name Churrigueresque comes from the name Churriguera, a family of Architects and sculptors, though the origins of the style can be traced back to Alonzo Cano,
Ideal Spanish King by Alonso Cano
Alonso Cano’s opus is the facade of the cathedral of Granada which he designed in 1667.
The Churrigueresque, like the Baroque, often uses a Solomonic column, accented by the composite order, known as the “supreme order”. However, most characteristic of the Churrigueresque is a flourishing, over abundance of detail and ornament. Often in the form of stuccoed ceilings. With it’s origins in Granada and generally the south of Spain, the Moorish influence is undenial. The Churrigueresque stye followed the Spanish to Latin America.
The Cathedral of Mexico City is a good example. The Latin American Churrigueresque suggests to me that the designers were perhaps aiming to emulate European styles, but that the hands making these structures were mostlikely native. If you take this
and add this
you get something like this and this
Catedral de Zacatecas
Catedral de Taxco, Santa Prisca
I like the geometric tendency and the broader stroke of the Latin American Churrigueresque style. It is also interesting for the cultural synthesis it embodies.
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