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

Да, принимает

О работе

Сведения

В том же зале · Museum West Pavilion, Gallery W002, Музей Гетти

В каталоге

Источники

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

Без названия

Dos pares de piernas (Two Pairs of Legs)

[No Ves], ок. 1994

Cementerio, негатив 1990; отпечаток позднее

Adornment, 1990

El Misterio, 1988

Manos poderosas, Juchitán, Oaxaca, негатив 1986; отпечаток позднее

Lagarto, негатив 1986; отпечаток 2005

Iguanas, негатив 1985; отпечаток середина 1990-х

Procesión, Juchitán, Oaxaca, негатив 1985; отпечаток 2005