Tag: expocision
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EXPOLIARIVM: The Expatriate life of Juan Luna’s famous painting
In 1884, at the Madrid Exposición General de Bellas Artes, a photograph by Juan Laurent captured Juan Luna’s Spoliarium installed alongside other works exhibited within a cavernous steel and glass hall. The image preserves the exhibitionary context that contributed to consolidating the painting’s public and international reputation. While scanning the Biblioteca Nacional de España’s archive,…
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Machete of Paete and other Petrified Idols of Underdevelopment
Machete Poster and sculpture by Paloy Cagayat. Photo: Lakan Sining. The town of Paete, Laguna in the Philippines is an artisanal community famous for its living tradition of wood carving of religious santos. In 1580, the town came under the administration of Spanish friars Juan de Plasencia and Diego de Oropesa, who encountered a native…
Geronimo Cristobal 