The Large Glass...
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20/08/19 - In 1915, Marcel Duchamp began “the” artwork of his life: The Large Glass or La mariée mise à nu par ses célibartaires, même (The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even). He obsessively worked on it till he declared it definitely unfinished in 1923. The piece can be perceived as erotic-mystical-androgynous and plays with the transparency of the space to tell the tale of a Virgin waiting to be taken by several inpatients bachelors. The result is a Kafkian machine of desire that is activated with instructions in notes and blueprints.
Still today, The Large Glass presents several mysteries and every year new theories see the light, forcing us to think.
The piece was a revelation for the 20th Century and deeply moves all of us who were able to see it.
In the capital city of Córdoba, El Gran Vidrio (The Large Glass) is a gallery of Contemporary Art of extreme dimensions and bare architecture. It is currently presenting an exhibition by Hernán Camoletto (Santa Fe, 1978) entitled “Silencio” (Silence).
Discurso Cuerpo Ceniza, de Hernán Camoletto (2019)
Materials: 9 glass sheets of 6 mm and synthetic enamel / Measures: 20 x 30 cm
Everything revolves around the subject of death, but not only human, also vegetable, animal, etc. In Discurso cuerpo ceniza, for example, the artist expresses the concept of death with 9 urns of different shapes, joined together.
Cadenas significantes, by Hernán Camoletto (2019)
Materials: chains and iron tubes / Variable measures
Ensamble, by Hernám Camoletto (2019)
Materials: concrete, cast and metal / Measures: 340 x 650 cm
In Ensamble we found each other in front of a wall of niches with quotes chosen from the artist's personal library. Camoletto studied Literature and this is constantly seen throughout his work. The installation certainly calls for “silence”, as if we were truly facing unknown dead bodies.
The artworks adapt easily to the spaces provided by the gallery and invite us to reflective contemplation.
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