http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/browse?tags=P1973.11.3&output=atom <![CDATA[Blanton Museum of Art Collections]]> 2024-03-28T11:32:39-05:00 Omeka http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2700 <![CDATA[Cerrado por brujería [Closed for Witchcraft]]]> 2017-06-16T17:01:18-05:00

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Creator

Luis Felipe Noé

Title

Cerrado por brujería [Closed for Witchcraft]

Date Created

1963

Spatial Coverage

199.6 cm x 249.7 cm (78 9/16 in. x 98 5/16 in.)

Identifier

P1973.11.3

Medium

Oil and collage on canvas

Description

The notion of chaos as the primary state of the universe has been an ongoing concern in Luis Felipe Noé’s art. In 1962, Noé understood chaos as a tension between opposite forces. In a bold, expressionistic style he presents a Catholic prelate in a dominant position above talking heads trapped in a black grid. As the nation’s official religion, Catholicism played a complex role in shaping Argentine society. A controversial 1963 law assigned the Church the function of rating plays and films for the Argentine public. The red cross here is an ambiguous symbol, offering comfort to the alienated while enforcing through censorship officially sanctioned Western and Christian values.

Rights Holder

Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1973

Date

Buenos Aires, 1933 -

Type

painting

Has Version

http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/P1973.11.3.zif

Requires

13908
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