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En el Trayecto del Sol

Mónica Boixeda Lisboeta, Only-Be

The Museo Bellapart together with the embassy of the Dominican Republic organized an internacional exhibition in the exhibition space of the Fundación Medeiros y Almeida in Lisbon from 17th of February until the 20th of March, 2011. The exhibition En el Trayecto del Sol. Modernism and Avant-Garde of Dominican Painting reunites a selection of 30 works by Dominican and exiled Spanish artists, from the 1930s to the 1990s. The exhibit shows the richness of Dominican art and its aesthetic transformations as a result of the artistic discourse that dominated the 20th century which was also enriched by many political and ideological complexities that were present. En el Trayecto del Sol. Modernism and Avant-Garde of Dominican Painting embarks on the theme that adopted the formal and conceptual groundwork of its creators, who expressed their identity confronted with a racial and geographic condition by exaggerating the identity and basing it in the content of the Dominican image including political conflicts of the 50s and 60s to the abstract art in its expressionist and geometric version. Several of the artists included in this exhibition are: Darío Suro, Jaime Colson, Josep Gausachs, José Vela Zanetti, Manolo Pascual, Eugenio Fernández Granell who abandoned modern and avant-garde art in Europe in the Dominican art. Darío Suro (1917-1998) is considered the founder of modern Dominican painting. Between 1946 and 1948 he moved to Mexico where he studied with the masters of muralism Diego Rivera, Agustín Lazo and Jesús Guerrero Galván. During that time works emerged that expressed the social and racial worries of his country in the Mexican muralistic style. The expressive power of his work... read more

Go Messi!

Mónica Boixeda Barcelonian, Only-Be

Messi deserved to win because his game is always honest and clean, and he doesn’t just look out for himself, but the whole team. Because he is able to save a match with just a window of opportunity, and often manages to come up with a brand new move for taking possession of the ball – making it almost impossible for the opposing team to recover it. Also, he’s quick – at any moment, he might change his pace and defeat an arch rival with perfect ball control – another of his virtues: he moves the ball as though it were an extension of his legs: hiding it, switching sides – Messi is difficult to tackle. And if he does lose the ball, he always helps to get it back, much to the rival team’s worry. This is Messi’s second consecutive win of the FIFA Golden Ball, having gained a majority vote from the sporting world. Though fellow nominees Xavi and Iniesta were also favourites, everyone agrees that any one of the three players would have been worthy recipients of the trophy. Unlike last year, when Messi far outshone Cristiano Ronaoldo, this year things haven’t seemed as secure for the Argentinian footballer, especially based on his performance with his team, but he has nevertheless remained a standout player, winning a lot of support from Spanish fans after Spain took home the World Cup this year in South Africa. Despite the fact that the tabloid press has branded Messi’s win ‘a slap in the face of Spanish football’ the truth of the matter is that FC Barcelona has been the... read more

Wire in Madrid. Pink Flag is back!

Mónica Boixeda Madrilenian, Only-Be

Wire returns to Spain with two dates. On the 17th they will be in Madrid with their best stuff in the room Moby Dick Club, more than 30 years after its inception in London in 1976. Despite the controversy, their dissolution and return in the 80´s, and this new return, Wire experiences to board a pop that paralyzes and draws, just ask the modern posh boy, he knows about Wire. And the thing is that you would not believe how much is due to Colin Newman and company. Just ask Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, all that now “fresh” Nu-rock sound which I spoke about the other day. But go back to the flirt origins; do not stay with the trash radio sells you. Born from the second outbreak of punk, Made in London, I say, because everybody knows they were Ramones in NYC that started everything, but hey, the fact is that Wire were able to bring with their first three albums, “Pink Flag”, “Chairs Missing” and “154″, intensity and minimal repetition of the first punk to richer sounds, coated with layers of guitar, effects and synthesizers; a stylized paw of nihilistic violence, hidden in intimate rhythms by light moments, it makes me thing of the result of the shadow of conspicuous trio Bowie-Eno-Fripp and theri trilogy. How come you do not know them either? Have you no shame? Pfffff… Wire´s influence has extended over two decades: REM, My Bloody Valentine, Fischerspooner, Minor Threat, Guided by Voices, and how forgetting the trial with witch Elastica for the copy of “Three Girl Rumba” in its hit “Connection”. But beyond the... read more