Mechón

Manuel Alvarez Bravo's photograph of a long lock of wavy hair lying on a geometrically patterned floor juxtaposes texture and materials, dreams and taboos, and invokes questions about the drama taking place outside the photograph. Was this hair placed on the floor intentionally, or did it fall accidentally? The natural presumption is that the hair belonged to a woman, but could it have belonged to a man? Stripped of a luxurious mane, so symbolic of power and passion, is its one-time "owner" now weak and indifferent? This complex image has led one writer to assert that "in theme and form, the photograph is divided between the hint of seduction and that of punishment." Gift of Daniel Greenberg and Susan Steinhauser

À propos de l’œuvre

Notice

Dans la même salle · Museum West Pavilion, Gallery W002, J. Paul Getty Museum

Oui, elle reçoit

Au catalogue

Sources

Puesto de cocos

[La Muchacha del Tren] / [Las estaciones]

Juego de Papel

Juego de papel [ovalos], Variation #3

Arena y pinitos

Two Pairs of Legs

Untitled

Dos pares de piernas (Two Pairs of Legs)

[No Ves], about 1994

Cementerio, negative 1990; print later

Adornment, 1990

El Misterio, 1988

Manos poderosas, Juchitán, Oaxaca, negative 1986; print later

Lagarto, negative 1986; print 2005

Iguanas, negative 1985; print mid-1990s

Procesión, Juchitán, Oaxaca, negative 1985; print 2005