Qyool, sometimes you forget. A belated, promised post.
September 20th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
The dynamic sculpture Intitled is a roll of Portuguese-Norwegian artist Ellen Rigstad’s private documents glued together, gradually increasing in diameter. The title refers to the (un)fortunate unplanned incident she had when she glued the working notes and title suggestions for this particular sculpture inside itself. Intitled is a compromise, rendering the information unavailable but reminding her it’s there.
At the end of August I published a quiz, asking for readers’ votes for the meaning of the word qyool. I promised to give you the correct meaning on the 18th of this month. Time slips away, I forget things and sometimes need reminding, so, albeit belated:
Qyool: From the indigenous language of the Mexican pueblo Mame,
qyool means a father, grandfather or ancestor.
Is there a linguist among us who will share with readers the female version of Qyool? Does it have a feminine form, or is there a good wordsmith with a “qyool” idea to render this in the feminine form?
Noteworthy Mexican slang: There is an expression in Mexico that is Que padre! or Esta padre! which translates directly as How father! or That’s father! but means Cool!, That’s awesome/excellent!
Graciela Iturbide : Mexican photographer
September 8th, 2011 § 2 Comments
Iturbide Graciela : photographer | KROUTCHEV PLANET PHOTO.
I am sharing the link to KROUTCHEV PLANET PHOTO, an excellent blog featuring the world of photographers with occasional forays into painting and illustration. September 5th’s post highlights Mexican photographer, Graciela Iturbide (Mexico City, 1942). Kroutchev includes a short bibliography and a nice collection of Iturbide’s work and other links to information. The largest collection of her work in the USA is in Texas, part of the Wittliff Collections. At this site you can also find information about Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Lazaro Blanco and Yolanda Andrade. http://www.thewittliffcollections.txstate.edu/collections/southwestern-mexican-photography.html
The link for Iturbide’s Official Website appears to be under construction but The J. Paul Getty Museum’s retrospective, The Goats Dance: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide shown in 2007-08 still serves as a resource, much of the information is still relevant and readers will find information about a number of her collections and series, individual photographs representative of these and links to videos. http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/iturbide/
In 2010, Iturbide received the Premio PHotoEspana Baume y Mercier/The Baume and Mercier PHotoEspana Prize, recognizing her professional trajectory of more than 40 years during which time she has distinguished herself as one of the fundamental figures in contemporary photography.
This past June, La Fabrica Editorial dedicated the first edition in the new collection of books, Album, to Iturbide, who is recognized by many as the most important photographer of Latin America. The editorial’s collection will unite short, chosen works, albums that function as short stories or novels of outstanding international artists.
No nay nadie/There is no one, Graciela Iturbide, is composed of 25 photographs of trips Iturbide made to India between 1997 and 2010. The book also has an essay by Oscar Pujol, director of the Instituto Cervantes/Cervantes Institute in New Delhi, entitled Las aparencias enganan/Appearances decieve. The edition is limited to only 2000 copies.
Other books available with selections of her work:
- Eyes to Fly With: Portraits, Self Portraits and Other Photographers, Graciela Iturbide, with Alejandro Castellanos and Fabienne Bradu
- Graciala Iturbide: Juchitan de Las Mujeres 1979 – 1989, Mario Bellatin
- Graciela Iturbide: Juchitan, Judith Keller
- Graciela Iturbide, Images of the Spirit, Alfredo Lopez Austin, Graciala Iturbide and Roberto Tejada
- Graciela Iturbide (Phaidon 55S), Cuauhtemoc Medina
