Surfing the net I found this curious legend of China, from which derives the usual Westernized place your engagement ring on the ring finger. According to the Chinese:
-The thumbs represent parents. -indices represent your siblings and friends. -The middle finger is you yourself. -The ring finger (fourth finger) represents your partner. -The little finger represents the children.
I propose you to check yourself the origin of this legend. For that your hands together palm to palm, then joins the middle fingers so that they are knuckle to knuckle axial as shown in the picture above. Now try parallel separate your thumbs (representing the parents). Notaras that open because your parents are not destined to live with you until your dying day, bring them together again. Now try to separate the same index fingers (representing your brothers and friends). Also notice that because they are open and have different destinations such as getting married and having children. Now try to separate out how pinky fingers (representing your children), these are also open for your children grow and when you no longer need to leave, bring them together again. Finally, try to separate your ring fingers (the fourth finger represents your partner, and where we put the ring) and you will be surprised to see that you just can not separate them ... That is because a couple is destined to be together until the last day of his life and that is why because the ring is worn on this finger.
The key is often invisible to the eye, but not yours .... so you just have to put words together ...
Solo Exhibition Carolina Arce Parra dl in Cervantes Festival. It is worth mentioning that the exhibition includes various techniques but all are made with electrolysis on iron sheet with excellent results in: lithograph with a sheet of iron, "etching," aquatint, soft ground, sugar, etc, all made of STEEL PLATE
The exhibition will be in the gallery adjacent to the museum of the town of Guanajuato until November 1, 2009.
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We invite you to attend the 3rd Symposium means and possibilities in the Contemporary Art: Areas and integration strategies in times of crisis, organized by academic area of \u200b\u200bVisual Arts at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo. That will take place on 21, 22 and 23 October at the Arts Institute Auditorium located in the Ex-Hacienda de San Cayetrano s / n Mineral del monte city of Hidalgo. Admission is free .
To understand a little more our journey and to understand the concept of life in India, it is necessary to know the majority religion in this great country, Hinduism and the babble of gods. Over 75% of the population, some 800 million people) professes Hinduism is understandable because India's is the birthplace of Hinduism and their sacred land.
Hinduism has no founder, not a religion nor a philosophy but a sum of them, a set of metaphysical beliefs, religious cults, customs and rituals that make up a tradition in which there are no orders priests to establish a single dogma or central organization. Hindus call that religious tradition Sanatana dharma ('eternal religion'), because they believe it has no beginning or end. According to them has existed for over 5000 years. They believe that Hinduism is the oldest religious traditions in the world.
In Hinduism there are different beliefs, but basically Hindus believe that behind the visible universe (Maya) , who attributed successive cycles of creation and destruction, there is another eternal and unchanging existence. Leaving the cycle of reincarnations (samsara) and return to the spiritual universe is the greatest of all achievements for the Hindus.
However, the complexity of Hinduism is such that it can hardly be labeled or give a description. One characteristic is the multiplicity of gods. In Western texts came to be popular Hindu triad, called Trimurti ('three forms of God': the male gods Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva), but usually no one worships three gods. Many Hindus worship the goddess Durga (known by some as one of its aspects as Kali), but also a large number of other gods, including gods county.
There is a group of texts considered "revealed" (Sanskrit shruti 'heard'), and can not be interpreted, but followed to the letter:
The Upanishad , mystical-philosophical meditations written to the 600 to . C.
The four Vedas :
Rig Veda, the oldest writing in one of the most archaic Sanskrit, probably before 700 to . C.
Iáyur Veda, the book of sacrifices.
Sama Veda contains hymns.
Atharva Veda is the book of rituals.
There are plenty of female deities Devi, Saraswati, Lakshmi, Sati, Parvati, Durga, Shakti, Kali, Sita, Radha Majá, Vidi and male deities Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva, Rama, Krishna, Ghanesa, Kartikeia, • Hanuman, Indra, Suria.
Shiva is destroyer god in the Tri-murti. In as a destroyer, sometimes called Kala, is then identified with time, although its function destructive force is then assigned to his wife under the name of Kali. As god of reproduction, the symbol of Shiva is a monolith of stone or marble representation of a phallus, called lingam.
Shiva has three eyes, one of which is in the middle of his forehead (denoting his ability to see the three divisions of time: past, present and future), his skin is gray-blue (cover ash).
A crescent moon set on the front represents the division of time in months, a snake around his neck represents the division in years and necklace of skulls the subsequent extinction and generation of the races of mankind.
has several snakes twined around her arms, her hair is tangled in several plants on his head and pointed form a knot on his forehead. On top of this gap is the rebound and the materialization of the river Ganges.
When the gods churned the ocean of milk to produce the nectar that would make them immortal, it also generated a certain amount of poison. Shiva drank it to save the devas , so his throat took a blue color.
In one of his four hands holding a tri-Shuler or holding a trident and drum damaru with another of them. . The shivaístas believe that denotes the combination of the three attributes of Creator, Destroyer and regenerator.
Shiva is also worshiped as a great ascetic. There is a myth that on one occasion with his third eye burnt Kama ('lust'), the winged god of love who was dedicated to Shiva as a severe meditation, had shot his arrows of flowers who do end up falling in love with his second wife, Parvati. The paradise is home of Shiva on Mount Kailasa.
The writings of the shivaístas say that with the burning gaze of your third eye burns the universe, including Brahma and Vishnu and funeral ashes smeared all over his body. So Shiva worshipers are covered with ashes. They also use seed beads rudraksha ('eye of Rudra "), which say that tears came falling from the eyes of Shiva or Rudra, when going to destroy Tripura (the' three cities' of the asuras or demons).
The Third Eye: the third eye of Shiva on his forehead is the eye of wisdom, known as bindi . Is the eye that sees beyond the obvious.
The Cobra Necklace: the god Shiva is beyond the powers of death. Kalketu swallowed the poison for the welfare of the universe. To avoid being hurt by this poison, it is said that his consort Parvati tied a snake around his neck. It retained the poison in his throat and, consequently, turned blue. The cobras around his neck also represent energy and lying asleep, Kundalini.
Crescent: Shiva bears in front of the moon in its fifth day ) . Located near the third eye and demonstrates the power of Soma (the sacrificial offering, which represents the moon ). It means that Shiva possesses the power of procreation along with the power of destruction.
matted hair (jata) : the waving of hair is represented as the god of wind or Vayu, that is the subtle form of breath present in all living forms. Therefore, it is Shiva as the lifeline of all living beings.
The Ganges: the holiest of holy rivers flowing from the hair of Shiva. The king asked the mother Bhagiratha Ganga to descend on this planet to cleanse their sins and those of humans. The Lord Shiva offered his matted hair to stop his fall from the heavenly planets. The flow of water is one of the five elements that make up a universe and from which Earth born.
Drum: sound damaru in the hand of Shiva is the origin of the universal word that gives rise to all speech and expression.
Vibhuti: is three lines of ashes drawn on the front and represents the essence of our being, that remains even after the bad (impurities of ignorance, ego and action) and vasanas (likes and dislikes, attachment to the body, the world, fame) have been burned in the fire of knowledge. The Vibhuti is revered as the form of Shiva and symbolizes the immortality of the soul and manifested glory of the Lord.
Ash: Shiva covers his body with bhasma (crematorium ash) that points to the philosophy of life and death and that death is the ultimate reality of life.
Tiger skin: the tiger is the vehicle Shakti, the goddess of power and strength. Shiva is beyond and above any kind of force. The tiger skin symbolizes victory over every force. Sitting on it, teaches Shiva who has conquered desire.
The elephant and deer skin: Shiva also wears elephant skin. Elephants symbolize pride. Dress your skin symbolizes the conquest of pride. Wearing the skin of a deer symbolizes that has controlled the mind perfectly.
Rudraksha: Shiva wears on their wrist bands rudraksha wood ('eye of Rudra "), which is credited with medicinal powers.
The trident: Trishula symbolizes the three functions of the triad: the creation, maintenance and destruction. The trident in the hand of Shiva indicates that all three areas under their control. It is said that the ancient city of Kashi (modern Varanasi) is right on the trishul.
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Kali is one of the main gods in Hinduism. Although generally known as a violent, Kali is a goddess with a complex history.
Its early history as a creature of the annihilation still has some influence, while more complex Tantric beliefs sometimes extend her role, placing it as the "ultimate reality" and the "source of being." Finally, recent devotional movement conceives of Kali as a benevolent Mother Goddess. Kali first appears in the Rig Veda , not as a goddess, but as one of the seven tongues of Agni, the Hindu god of fire. In the literature of the Tamil Sangam period, there is a bloodthirsty goddess named Kottravai. As Kali is brutal and inspires fear in people by their cruel practices. Kali impregnably has become linked with Shiva. The form "triggered" by Kali often becomes wild and uncontrollable, and only Shiva is able to tame. This is because she is a transformed version of one of his consorts and because he is able to match his ferocity. Their methods range from challenging the wild dancing and take advantage tandava, appearing as a crying baby (thus appealing to her maternal instincts.) However, the iconography often depicts Kali dancing on Shiva's fallen body, and there are references to them dancing together in a state of savagery.
Shiva's involvement with Tantra and Kali's dark nature have led to her becoming an important Tantric figure. For followers of tantra was essential to cope with the curse, the terror of death, as willing as they accepted their blessings beautiful and consolidated maternal aspect. For them, as well as the coin has two sides, and death can not exist without life, so life can not exist without death. Kali's role sometimes grew beyond the chaos that could be addressed to bring wisdom, and Tantric texts give a deeper metaphysical meaning.
Brahma is the creator deity of the universe and member of the Tri-murti . as a myth, the three gods emerging from the cosmic egg laid by the Goddess Ammavaru. According to another modern myth of origin Vaishnava (followers of Vishnu), Brahma emerged from a lotus flower floating in the ocean from the navel of Vishnu sleeping (which generates the existence of the universe through their dreams.) Although perhaps the first myth is that which is Brahman as the first created by Brahman, even as the first embodiment of the absolute Brahman, through which the Brahman creates everything.
Brahma only occasionally interferes in the affairs of the gods, and even more rarely in mortal. He forced the Soma (the moon god ) to restore Tara to her husband, Brihaspati (the Guru of the demigods). It is considered the father of Dharma (the god of religion) and Atri. Brahma lives in Brahmapur, a city on top of the mythical Mount Meru.
Brahma is traditionally depicted with four heads of white beard (symbol of wisdom), four arms and red skin. Each mouth recites one of the four Vedas . The hands hold a water container used to create life, a bad-yapa (beads) used to keep track of time in the universe, the text of the Vedas written on paper, and a padma (lotus). Rides a swan, Hansa, to flying through the universe.
Vishn ú lives in a paradise known as Vaikuntha where everything is gold and precious stones. From there it is believed that the river Ganges emerges from her divine feet and flows Earth. usually depicted as being in human form, blue skin and four arms holding a padma (lotus flower), a Sudarshana Chakra (disc Vishnu used to slay the demons), a Shankha (conch whose sound India represented the victory after killing an enemy) and a gold hammer (to crush the skull of the demons). Frequently seen sitting, resting on a lotus flower, with his consort Lak? my sitting on one knee.
Vishnu is the chief god of vai sn Avisma. Today the Hindus (who are followers of Hinduism and not the inhabitants of India's , called Indians, and can be both Hindus and Muslims, Buddhists, etc..) Believe that Vishnu was incarnated in the India as multiple avatars. It is often worshiped in the form of these avatars.
It is not clear when or how the worship of Vishnu began. In Vedas, Vishnu is classified as a minor god, closely associated with Indra. Only later in Hindu history became a member of the Trimurti and finally the most important deities of the religion. Like all Hindu deities, Vishnu has many names, perhaps more than any other, as reflected in the Vishnu Sahasra Nama ('Vishnu, a thousand names ") displayed on the Mahabharata .
M uy recognized as a graphic artist in national and foreign, Mario Rangel Faz (1956-2009) participated in the protest movements that resulted in the detailed historiography and documentation carried out for the exhibition The Age of Discrepancies
(University Museum of Science and Art-campus MUCA 2007).
Their inclusion also disappeared from the Debroise Olivier, editor of the bilingual book, catalog, and with Cuauhtémoc Medina, chief curator of the exhibition, was related to the sum that has endured Group between 1976 and 1982. for chronological age, Rocha belong to the generation of rupture ,
but their idiosyncrasies and their teaching him to be linked to the subsequent generation
. Gabriel
Macotela, Oliverio Hinojosa (d. 2001), Paloma Díaz Abreu, Rene Freire, Santiago Rebolledo and Armandina Lozano, among others, belonged to the Suma Group, which won first prize in the Experimental Hall sponsored by the National Institute of Fine Arts in the galleries of the National Auditorium. The members rejected the award, through the use of intervening canceling participation visibility.
This material is preserved in the Institute of Graphic Arts of Oaxaca (IAGO) and exhibited in
The era of the discrepancy. Mario
defined as the production means street and in many cases appearances of characters captured the city with typical features alluding mostly bare body attitudes or traits that particularized faces. Appeared on the walls, were soon covered with paint by agents parliamentary, and then reappear incessantly. Álvaro Vázquez Mantecón
orchestrated a video on the Gupo Sum, once was commemorated with the Carrillo Gil Museum on the occasion of the exhibition on the working group, coordinated by Dominique Liquois.
As I recall, in that time still swarmed innumerable graffiti walls became eligible to receive media messages and images. In 1987, Mario Rangel did raid, together with Ruben Ortiz Torres and Diego Toledo, in the lounge of alternative spaces of the Museum of Modern Art, then led Jorge Alberto Manrique, Antonio Luque as deputy director.
was when the far-right group Provida raid there was objecting
collages Rolando de la Rosa in the face of Marilyn Monroe which replaced that of Our Lady of Guadalpe. Today we remember
De la Rosa (not positively) just for that. Admission to this event will conducted by a jury, but Manrique was forced to resign from his post.
Later, in 1991, Mario took part in an exhibition in homage to Joseph Beuys at the Carmelite monastery of the Desierto de los Leones, curated by Guillermo Santamarina, who was, if not the first, one of the first international curators
in the history of our field of art. was represented at the inaugural exhibition at the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) with the work entitled
Resources and other uncontrollable natural movements.
never neglected the graph. Recalls its excellent woodcuts, some edited by
Nopal Press, Los Angeles, California, who attended the same Rocío Maldonado, Ruben Ortiz Torres, John Baldessari and Tarcisio Eloy, director of La Esmeralda. also helped Editions La Cocina, which sponsored the artist's books under the impetus of Yani Macotela Pecanins and Gabriel. disdained not participate in official competitions and was selected in the Thirteenth Biennial Tamayo by a jury of José Bedia, Bathsheba Romero, Patrik Charpenel and Ana Elena Mallet. few months ago made a presentation at the conference's school of art in the twenty-first century, the National Arts Centre. Was a teacher and a dedicated researcher, discreet, committed and, although he was leading, private attitudes were never protagonist. We deeply regret his death.
fantastic Zoology, Francisco Toledo, stopped in Rome
The quality of his art and his admiration for Borges led to the decision installing the show, says the director of the National Institute for Graphic The exhibition concludes on Thursday
Francisco Toledo in Monterrey in 2008, when finalizing details of his large-format sculpture the Lagartera during an interview with La Jornada
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Francisco Toledo made a stopover in Rome, where concluiye exhibition on Thursday 24 September.
This is interesting because the first Toledo solo exhibition in Italy and the cultural centrality that characterizes the country (it has the highest number of UNESCO sites in the world, in addition to 4 000 200 museums).
in Mexico to talk about the fantastic
Zoology has become almost a tradition
to the Mexican public has become accustomed since 1985, and continues with enthusiasm or boredom perhaps already having reached a certain brand of almost 50 exhibitions on four continents (except Oceania). Interestingly
understand the impact that the author's work when in contact with the host country.
Toledo's debut in Belpaese has been carefully planned by the cultural attaché Dolores Repetto, who with enthusiasm and dedication has worked on the project supported by institutions like the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the Council of Tourism in Italy, and the IILA (Istituto Italo-Latino American). Repetto
probably have selected the best possible exhibition space to present the graphic work of Toledo.
is the National Institute for the Graphic, which emerged from the recent merger of two collections: the intaglio print and the cabinet. In its genre is the most important in the world: it contains 23 000 matrices and exceeds the Louvre in Paris and Academy of San Fernando in Madrid.
The institute has a privileged location in the Palazzo Poli, front building façade is unfolds the Trevi Fountain, Monument symbol of the city, which has a close relationship with the museum thanks to the figure of Pope Clement XII Corsini Florence, who institution founded in 1738 and sent to the source (as shown in the shield, on top of the monument).
The institution, linked to the advancement and dissemination of Italian printmaking, presents temporary exhibitions mostly Italian artists. Therefore be accepted
to Toledo can be considered a fact rare. Serenita
Papaldo, its director, said in an interview "the proposal for hosting the exhibition in spite of ignoring the work of Francisco Toledo, to regain the initiative Pietrucci Alfredo (1888-1969) to be open to artists from countries outside Europe.
was the quality of his art, and the importance of working in the studio of Stanley W. Hayter during their training, and admiration by Jorge Luis Borges, which led to the decision. The wrong data (Toledo made one engraved on the Stanley William Hayter's workshop) is a reflection of the many errors that are written about him. Papaldo probably did not know many other prestigious workshops in which the artist has worked, which would have earned his trust
(Clot Bramsen et George and Mourlot in Paris, Khalil in New York and Proligrafa in Barcelona).
Abroad little is known, the memory of his presence in the best European and American galleries, especially during the 60 and 70 of the last century has been lost, this in part by anti-globalization attitude of the artist and its absolute lack of interest promoted.
Italy this gap represents one of the most extreme cases: the Eurocentrism that is characteristic assumes tones bordering on the ridiculous, and this exposure can attest to that just took place in Turin in 2003 on the Oaxacan art based on the important Bricherasio Palace, where it was stated, inter alia, the work of Toledo. The review
press it read: "Once again the summer (July and August, the worst time of year to present an exhibition in Italy) is devoted to cultures geographically distant from ours, after the exhibition Australian Aboriginal people, this year is the turn of Mexico, and Oaxaca specific, defined as the 'cradle of Mexican art' (...) pictorial manifestations have an approach to painting mostly subjective, mythical and indigenous compared to other major trends of Mexican art. " As if that were not enough, the exhibition was leaned Tina Modotti's work! action Arvil Gallery has been a very important tool for keeping alive the memory of the artist. Hence, my objective in the presentation of the exhibition was to provide scientific information
accurate based on documents that immediately eliminates countless legends about him have been created with the intention to avoid fueling stereotypes that foreigners love as their paradigms .
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