On the occasion of celebrating love on Valentine’s Day, which is celebrated every February 14, different proposals in culture come together and dialogue with each other these days, from books that seek to demolish romantic love or remove the taboo from desire in dating applications to art samples that have the love bond as their main pulse.
TELAM ((By Leila Torres).- As a universal theme that arouses interest regardless of the generation, love (or lack of love) is an inexhaustible source of artistic expression in its different languages that has its allusive day known as “Valentine’s Day” or “Valentine’s Day”, a date that spreads the publication of books, exhibitions and workshops that investigate the subject of love.
Along these lines, the Friends of the National Museum of Fine Arts Association scheduled a free talk dedicated to “the biggest and most passionate kisses in the history of art,” by Mariano Gilmore and Luz Arriaga. The activity, titled “Those Kisses,” will take place today at 7 p.m. in the Amigos del Bellas Artes auditorium, located at Avenida Figueroa Alcorta 2270, with free admission, with prior online reservation (limited space).
Show how with the history of art we build visions of love.
The course, promoted on social networks, includes images of some of the most endearing kisses in art, such as the one featured in a silkscreen by American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein (“Kiss II”), the sculpture “Le baiser” by Frenchman Auguste Rodin, the very famous “The Kiss”
by the Austrian Gustav Klimt or the iconic photograph by Robert Doisneau, “Le baiser de l’hôtel de ville”, from 1950.
The proposal, according to Gilmore to Télam, arises from the merger of two routes.
On the one hand, “to show a little what the Association does on a quite symbolic date” and how they address “the history of art, from what perspectives it can be shown so that it is more playful, more accessible and with connections with culture.” in general”.
On the other hand, it was born with the purpose of “showing how the history of art is not only painting, but that these works, in some way, are with which we construct the visions of love.”
In matters of the heart, art appears as a resource to explain what cannot be said with words. “And so there can be more kisses that inspire us to give more kisses,” Arriaga points out. Artists such as Rodin, Pablo Picasso, Lord Byron or David Bowie in their paintings and songs as well as the iconic first kisses in movies have left unique postcards of love that remember the courage of those who dare to release their desire.
Come celebrate Valentine’s Day with kisses!” was the invitation from the Friends Association.
“Come celebrate Valentine’s Day with kisses!” was the invitation from the Friends Association, as part of its activities designed for the young public, which in this case will include a toast and dance. “Loving gave us an interesting context and gave us the opportunity to think about slow dancing, to put music to this day and thus close the conversation with a more social space that allows us to connect with others, talk, chat, take photos.” , Arriaga advances.
When loneliness is camouflaged in love
The celebration of love also bursts into books these days.
In “Katanazo al amor romantico”, published by the Planeta label, the Spanish graphic novelist Raquel Riba Rossy returns with her character called Lola Vendetta, who aroused great passions since her beginnings on the networks almost a decade ago, and also some hatred. This is what the creator warns: “Lola Vendetta came out to defend herself and her comadres; and a woman who shuns the mandates of patriarchy to throw herself headlong into the fight for feminist rights, she greatly touches the balls of fundamentally androcentric and misogynist minds.”
The new installment tells the story of a woman who, after a separation, must face the monster of her past, deal with heartbreak and learn to retrace the path to a healthier and freer love. For that, she must face loneliness. In dialogue with Télam, Riba Rossy says that all of this character’s work involved addressing the feeling of loneliness, which – according to her – “is different if it is a man or a woman.” For the cartoonist, in men it seems that loneliness “remains sexy, mysterious.” However, the woman is surrounded by a halo of “she will be alone for a reason,” she explains.
In “Katanazo al amor romantica”, the fifth book in the saga starring Lola Vendetta, the writer addresses loneliness when you are in a relationship. “Loneliness when you are with someone who does not do you good, does not give you love, or peace, with someone who mistreats you, is the most terrifying loneliness of all,” she says.
“They socialized women to be there but we endured it. A mountain of shit is built that is bigger than our own house, and it is not even ours,” says the writer of works like “Qué pacha, mama?” and “Lola is better than in bad company.”
Through Lola’s story, in this new book the chains that oppress love are dismantled. The phrase “We attract a love to learn something,” which is said to the character, makes noise. The writer reveals her thoughts: “Right off the bat, this phrase seems nice, but it is very brutal to put the burden on the victim who suffered abuse. It is difficult for people to believe that there are bad people, however they see that there are people in the world who plot wars, who kill. That some people have complex patterns and sometimes bad people are around.”
To let go of the burden and look for a love that allows you to “give in” but “that feels rich”, as Riba Rossy says, it may help to carry as a flag the lyrics of the song by the jazz singer Nina Simone: “You have to learn to get up from the table when love is no longer served.”
In this process, friendships are an important support network and another form of love. “If you are not cared for by your friends, when you have a ‘break down’, you will feel more alone. But when there are friendships, there is a mattress on which you can rest and the pain is lighter,” says the creator of a character that represents a generation that questions romantic love.
Love in the times of Tinder
In tune with the experiences of contemporary love, Pablo Ottonello publishes “Match” through the Vinilo publishing house, where he develops the events of a “broken dandy” who, after separating, ventures into dating applications. After deciphering some implicit rules, he enters the game of conquest through “likes” and “matches”. At the same time that he lives affairs, he keeps a record of his adventures in a sincere text where he shows his baseness with humor and depth.
“Everyone on social media writes their own digital profile. On Linkedin, a more formal one, and on Bumble to have sex. You are always making editorial decisions,” Ottonello tells Télam about how we present ourselves on social networks.
The writer identifies an “application language” that he learned “to play.” At first, he posted photos that did not achieve the desired result. “Suddenly I changed them and little by little, I began to speak that language,” he says.
Against discourses that place dating applications as superficial resources to approach love, Ottonello assures: “I am against thinking that dating applications are nonsense or that they are banal. In the recognition of desire there is zero banality.”
Furthermore, the novel has a background, it does not read like a diary of sexual conquests. “The sexual thing seemed the least interesting to me. Vulnerability is much richer literary than strength, right?,” she asks rhetorically.
“Illuminated Heart”: theater, literature and art to celebrate love
Starting tomorrow, on the occasion of Valentine’s Day, the Kirchner Cultural Center will present “Corazón Iluminado”, a special program that runs until March 10 with free admission. In the entrance hall, the work of artist Alejandro Marmo welcomes all those who want to think about love in its different versions, colors, expressions, genres and styles. It is a recycled, retreaded heart that shines but carries a history of shadows. Before it was a broken heart that now beats with a creative pulse.
The sculptor’s work will also have a participatory element since he will invite visitors to leave a padlock, a knotted ribbon, or a strip of paper attached to the structure to, in this way, “feed” the heart with participation.
The CCK’s allusive programming will take on the theme of love from an interdisciplinary proposal. During this cycle three works will be presented:
“Love is shit” by Cecilia Meijide, “A work for me” by Sebastián Suñé and “Scorpio”. Additionally, in the immersive room there will be a visual jam with images processed in real time that generate a particular experience due to the immersive environment and 360° sound.
Poetry and literature will also have space with an epistolary writing jam, a literary experience located in the building’s Postal Territory, which will invite those who participate to write their own love stories, while the guided tour “Love in the CCK” will reveal the loves of characters in history and, from the basement of the building, it will invite you to hear stories from ordinary people about the love bond in times of the mail, along with inspiring letters.
2024-02-14 04:41:53
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