¡Es que no me entiendes!

Reconocimientos No hay viento favorable para quien no sabe a donde va Séneca La realización de este proyecto, que tiene como objeto de trabajo los sueños, las verdades abstractas, las ganas de ser uno mismo, la capacidad de cambio, el pasado que no podemos abandonar, el futuro que nos atenaza, no la hemos abordado desde la comodidad de un presupuesto, ni desde la frialdad de un plan de tiempos y actividades, ni haciendo uso de la certeza organizativa de las fechas límite: esto nos ha sido imposible, lejano, impracticable. La constante de estos ocho años ha sido el encuentro, la búsqueda ...

This little-known book of the author brings together eight approaches to the subject of the relationship between sacred art and profane art; between religion, ritual and aesthetics. Clearly and with abundant examples, Westheim explores how history has changed the significance of the work of art, of being a representation of the divinity or even of herself, to become a museum piece, destined to the valuation of their artistic merits.

The exhibition discovers a feature rarely known of famous muralist Diego Rivera's (b. Mexico 1886-1957) personality: as a collector of Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican art. The book analyses the inspirational force that these ancient objects represented in his artistic creations, particularly those related to ancient cosmovision; while in parallel revalues the importance of Rivera's contributions to collectionism: his collection, his safekeeping efforts, and how he presented to the public the pieces, highlighting their aesthetic and mystic importance and the role they had as symbols of the Mexican...

Great grandfather longed to travel the seas, but life got in the way and he never left. His dauthter, though, carries out her father's dreams.