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Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label history. Show all posts
30 October 2010
22 October 2010
Violence in art
Here some examples of artists that have used today's violence in Mexico as theme for their art work:
Rosa Maria Roble: Expo 2007, CAC Wilfredo Lam, Cuba 2010, more
Rosa Maria Roble: Expo 2007, CAC Wilfredo Lam, Cuba 2010, more
Gustavo Monroy, (also), Omar Rodríguez-Graham and Lenin Márquez Salazar at Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City 2010
Teresa Margolles, Venice Biennale 2009
And some reading, the new book Miss Narco by Javier Valdez
29 September 2010
Commemoration of what?
The date finally arrived. It is 200 years ago of the insurgent call from a 'criollo' priest in a very small town in then New Spain (today Mexico) to rebel against the Spanish Crown. And the rest is history, we could say. But it is not. It took more a decade of inner fights and countless dead, including priest Hidalgo's dead, until the criollos -or children of Spaniards born in the new land- with help of the Indians declared the Independence from Spain. Still a few more years before the international community recognized this fact.
This Independence didn't mean a better life for the mayority of inhabitants of the new land. 200 years, many other wars, guerrillas, revolutions, rebellions and political systems and the situation of big part of population is not much better than then, except mainly for those descendants from the criollos.
Isn't now a good moment to make a real change and to be fair to the whole population?
In the mean time these are a photos taken on the commemoration day at the huge Richard Meijer's Atrium of the City Hall of The Hague.
20 September 2010
31 August 2010
What is there to celebrate?
It is probably the worst historical moment for Mexico.
Painting of Tomás Gómez Robledo, 2010
The art exhibition Sentón y Bicentón, Ni Revolución Ni Independencia pays attention to this very sad moment in Mexico's history.
With work of: Oscar Bächtold / Maribel Avilés / Oscar Ojeda / Vicky González / Tomás Gómez Robledo / Alejandra Barrera / Alicia Amador / Rebeca Martínez / José Barbosa / Anne Pivron / Norma Ascencio / Marisa Polin / Jerónimo Vázquez/ Anibal Delgado/ Isabel Ramos Flota / Rosario Ochoa / Lorena Mata / Mónica Polin
The opening is Thursday 9 September at 8 pm at
Peces Centro Histórico, Regina 49, Centro, México DF
Painting of Phil Kelly, 2009
Exactly 200 years ago New Spain separatists-insurgents' got its independence from Spain forming the new country of Mexico. 100 years later a civil war started where millions of Mexicans died. After this revolution Mexico started a new era without Porfirio Diaz, with a new constitution and with a new political party (later to become the infamous PRI).
So the Mexican government thought a few years ago, let's celebrate and conmemorate this dates in a big big way! Let's bring down the house (Echar la casa por la ventana)!
For decades, the poorer citizens had not had access to the basic rights like education and health. All these are allowing a bigger, if not the deepest, income disparity that in consequence created a social and economical bomb that exploded in a drug and crime society in large parts of the country.
The present president, Felipe Calderon, thought at the beginning of his mandate to cut this problem from the bottom. The government started a military offensive on the drug cartels becoming a War on Drugs.
After 3 and a half years and nearly 30 000 executed! people, the country is far behind than when this started. The future has never seemed more somber than now. And exactly now is that the beautiful round numbers of 200 and 100 are to be celebrated.
Maybe it is not by chance that Mexico is celebrating two of the most cruel periods in the history of Mexico within 'the frame' of the new third bloody and amoral of all: The Narco War.
There is a lot of indignation on this extremely badly timed (and expensive) festivities.
Painting of Marisa Polin, La Revolucion de la Narco Independencia, 2010
Some reading: Victor Beltri, PBS, AguaFiestas.
Painting of Tomás Gómez Robledo, 2010
The art exhibition Sentón y Bicentón, Ni Revolución Ni Independencia pays attention to this very sad moment in Mexico's history.
With work of: Oscar Bächtold / Maribel Avilés / Oscar Ojeda / Vicky González / Tomás Gómez Robledo / Alejandra Barrera / Alicia Amador / Rebeca Martínez / José Barbosa / Anne Pivron / Norma Ascencio / Marisa Polin / Jerónimo Vázquez/ Anibal Delgado/ Isabel Ramos Flota / Rosario Ochoa / Lorena Mata / Mónica Polin
The opening is Thursday 9 September at 8 pm at
Peces Centro Histórico, Regina 49, Centro, México DF
Painting of Phil Kelly, 2009
Exactly 200 years ago New Spain separatists-insurgents' got its independence from Spain forming the new country of Mexico. 100 years later a civil war started where millions of Mexicans died. After this revolution Mexico started a new era without Porfirio Diaz, with a new constitution and with a new political party (later to become the infamous PRI).
So the Mexican government thought a few years ago, let's celebrate and conmemorate this dates in a big big way! Let's bring down the house (Echar la casa por la ventana)!
For decades, the poorer citizens had not had access to the basic rights like education and health. All these are allowing a bigger, if not the deepest, income disparity that in consequence created a social and economical bomb that exploded in a drug and crime society in large parts of the country.
The present president, Felipe Calderon, thought at the beginning of his mandate to cut this problem from the bottom. The government started a military offensive on the drug cartels becoming a War on Drugs.
After 3 and a half years and nearly 30 000 executed! people, the country is far behind than when this started. The future has never seemed more somber than now. And exactly now is that the beautiful round numbers of 200 and 100 are to be celebrated.
Maybe it is not by chance that Mexico is celebrating two of the most cruel periods in the history of Mexico within 'the frame' of the new third bloody and amoral of all: The Narco War.
There is a lot of indignation on this extremely badly timed (and expensive) festivities.
Painting of Marisa Polin, La Revolucion de la Narco Independencia, 2010
Some reading: Victor Beltri, PBS, AguaFiestas.
20 July 2009
Older than 40?
Remember the landing on the moon as a beautiful sharp color photo (a later memory implant) or as a blurry black and white image with ditto sound?
Apollo 11, 40 years later.
Apollo 11, 40 years later.
24 June 2009
Neda Agha Soltan
Neda Agha Soltan (1982 – June 20, 2009 in Tehran)
Green blood.
Ink / paper, Marisa Polin
From Draw and Post.
07 April 2009
My 5 favorite blogs
ikono
The diary - blog of Swedisch illustrator Lena Sjöberg.
The art - blog of artists Jeroen Bosch and Niels Post from Rotterdam.
The design - blog of designer Costas Voyatzis from Athens.
The contemporary art, sculptural aesthetics, arcitecture, modernities, poetry, domestic issues, folk, tales, politics - blog of Greek artist Kostis Velonis.
The book, illustrations, science, history, visual materia obscura, eclectic book art of peacay from Australia.
18 February 2009
Teotihuacan
A contemporary Mexican princess in front of the Sun pyramid
The Moon pyramid
The Butterflies palace.
Mother and daughter
Teotihuacan, Mexico
30 January 2009
The Rijksmuseum at the Peace Palace
What is the relation between the two institutions?
We always think of the Rijksmuseum as an Amsterdam's building but it is actually the national collection and it can be located at many places. In this case the Rijksmuseum invited at the Peace Palace in The Hague to enjoy the three huge Ferdinand Bol's paintings that they have on a permanent loan from the Rijksmusem (since 1913) and to witness the succesful restoration of them. The restoration has just been completed by the Rijksmuseumin in collaboration with the Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg. The gigantic canvases were transported to the Bonefantemuseum where the public was able to admire the restoration behind glass.
Margriet Eikema Hommes from the Rijksmuseum
Showing how it used to look with the shiny yellowish glace.
The nearly 100 years building has a rich history, and there are gifts from different countries.
This is the French gift.
A curious Wim Pijbes, director of the Rijksmuseum.
The beautiful sculpture welcoming at the recht room.
A surprising religious note in a 'political neutral' building.
Margriet Eikema Hommes from the Rijksmuseum
Showing how it used to look with the shiny yellowish glace.
The nearly 100 years building has a rich history, and there are gifts from different countries.
This is the French gift.
A curious Wim Pijbes, director of the Rijksmuseum.
The beautiful sculpture welcoming at the recht room.
A surprising religious note in a 'political neutral' building.
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