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Anselm Kiefer in Venice

Mónica Boixeda Only-Be, Venetian

One of the most important conceptual artists, and father of the modern “alchemy,” Anselm Kiefer presents his new installation “Salt of the Heart” at La Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, on until the 30th of November. Kiefer is without a doubt one of the most important conceptual artists alive today. He´s also a pioneer of reinventing the use of alchemy in the plastic arts. Born in Donaueschingen, Germany in 1945, he studied painting with Peter Dreher and Horst, and later in Düsseldorf, where he was student of Joseph Beuys. His persistent thirst for knowledge also took him to study law and French. If his beginnings were in a more purist style of painting, he soon became interested in the world of installation and “happenings,” and his personal style quickly transformed. His first one-man show was in 1969, with a series of paintings called “Occupations.” Kiefer´s work has been described by critics as a kind of experimental poem, with an aesthetic quality which transmutes, and mixes things up together with a controversial edge, casting a critical eye over reality, and the history of the world. The artist pays particular attention to ways in which the history of his country have been revised, and its past relationship with Nazism. A clear example of this is his work based on the poems written by Paul Celan during his imprisonment in Nazi concentration camps. Here, Celan´s work, “Todesfuge”, with its recollections of a traumatic process, is transformed into a spectacular canvas, titled “Margarethe” (1980). Also a key, visible part of Kiefer´s work are themes such as mysticism, philosophy, literature, and the cosmos. Kiefer´s... read more

Roman Landscapes in the Museo del Prado

Mónica Boixeda Madrilenian, Only-Be

The Prado Museum has had really interesting and relevant expositions but the one which is currently opened, called “Roma: Nature and Ideal. Landscapes. 1600-1650,” is according to its promoters one of the most ambitious ones that recently have been exposed and one which gathers more works related to the subject of the exposition than ever before. The exhibition was previously at the Grand Palais in Paris and in Madrid now reaches one of the most important museums that will be presented from July 5th until September 25th. At it you will see more than one hundred works of which 83 are paintings and 19 drawings. In the presentation there are some amazing works of incalculable value not only in relation to the theme of the expo, but also as far as artistic value is concerned. You will enjoy the works of Velázquez, Claude Lorrain, Poussin, Caravaggio, Raphael, Giorgione and Titian, among many others. According to the curator of the presentation, Andres Ubeda, the show will be full of surprises and the work “Marina” by artist Salvator Rosa, who was not exposed ever before will be there for your visual enjoyment The only difference that exists with the presentation that was held at the Grand Palais and the one held at the Museo del Prado is that the drawings presented are different due to a conservation issue (they could not move locations without risk) Also in Madrid there is a section that did not exist in the French capital. The explanation of the the ordering by Philip IV of the elaboration of many landscapes that would be used to decorate... read more

Streetmatching, an application to flirt

Mónica Boixeda Only-Be, Roman

When you´re walking down the street, either going for a walk or nearly running to make administrative dealings, you look around. Observe the landscape, the city´s movement, the cars, the buildings, but what you give the most attention to is looking at all the attractive people that come across them. Many times, us women tell our friends “You won´t guess the man I´ve just come across at the bakery, he was an angel fallen from the sky”. But (nearly) always this love at first sight never materializes because the other person never realised we exist. The same happens to men, the look a lot around the street but few of them find the courage to talk to the beautiful women they´ve seen go past. With the advance of new technologies and the popularization of smartphones, personal relations are changing and there´s already an application that allows us to flirt in the street, without being creepy or out of place. The application is called Streetmatching and it´s free but only when compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. It´s available in various languages (Spanish, English, French, Italian and Portuguese) and it can be used in any city in the world. The procedure for using this application is very easy. You download it to your phone and when it installs you complete your personal details (e-mail, phone number, address). When you´re walking down the street and you see someone attractive who´s caught your eye it immediately localizes your “flirt” and later registers it in Streetmatching. That way, if there´s another person that felt an attraction to you in the same direction,... read more