Le sacré et le profane
Niura Bellavinha and Christian Lutz
Opening November 26th at 6pm
Exhibition from Nov 26, 2013 to Feb 2, 2014 (*)
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday from 11am to 5pm and by appointment.
Prolongation until Feb 28, 2014.
In 1514, Titian paints a scene that has long had several interpretations. One of them, made in the 18th century, gave rise to a title that we use until now: The sacred love and profane love. The various readings, approaches and comments made on this painting shows how a single image can be seen, perceived and interpreted in multiple ways. This "vulnerability" of the image was the starting point of the exhibition that is presented. To broaden this discussion, we took the party to exhibit works made using two diferente media : painting and photography.
Showing paintings by Niura Bellavinha and photographs by Christian Lutz in a single exhibition, not only allowed us to reflect on the relationship between these two media, but it also gave us the opportunity to question how we look an image. The idea is to understand the issues that come into consideration by doing so. Unnecessary to say that our experiences our knowledge and our particularities play a very special role. It is indeed our individuality itself that guides our attitude towards an image. Sometimes it is surprising that in this process some people even invest the role of "judges" to declare what is "presentable" and how it should happen. Either Bellavinha’s paintings carried out by pigments flashes or Lutz photographs, capturing specific moments in our society, can cause both appreciation and disapproval .
As noted Mircea Eliade in her book “The Sacred and the profane”, Editions Gallimard, 2005, there are two ways of being in the world : those who tend to hallow and others who prefer the profane. Such opposition is similar to the one we can take in front of a picture: we either we look at it according to pre-established dogmas, or in a free spirit of discovery.
(*) The gallery will open by appointment from December 20, 2013 to January 6, 2014.
Niura Bellavinha and Christian Lutz
Opening November 26th at 6pm
Exhibition from Nov 26, 2013 to Feb 2, 2014 (*)
Opening Hours: Monday through Friday from 11am to 5pm and by appointment.
Prolongation until Feb 28, 2014.
In 1514, Titian paints a scene that has long had several interpretations. One of them, made in the 18th century, gave rise to a title that we use until now: The sacred love and profane love. The various readings, approaches and comments made on this painting shows how a single image can be seen, perceived and interpreted in multiple ways. This "vulnerability" of the image was the starting point of the exhibition that is presented. To broaden this discussion, we took the party to exhibit works made using two diferente media : painting and photography.
Showing paintings by Niura Bellavinha and photographs by Christian Lutz in a single exhibition, not only allowed us to reflect on the relationship between these two media, but it also gave us the opportunity to question how we look an image. The idea is to understand the issues that come into consideration by doing so. Unnecessary to say that our experiences our knowledge and our particularities play a very special role. It is indeed our individuality itself that guides our attitude towards an image. Sometimes it is surprising that in this process some people even invest the role of "judges" to declare what is "presentable" and how it should happen. Either Bellavinha’s paintings carried out by pigments flashes or Lutz photographs, capturing specific moments in our society, can cause both appreciation and disapproval .
As noted Mircea Eliade in her book “The Sacred and the profane”, Editions Gallimard, 2005, there are two ways of being in the world : those who tend to hallow and others who prefer the profane. Such opposition is similar to the one we can take in front of a picture: we either we look at it according to pre-established dogmas, or in a free spirit of discovery.
(*) The gallery will open by appointment from December 20, 2013 to January 6, 2014.