International Journal on Basque Studies, RIEV
Revista Internacional de los Estudios Vascos. RIEV, 51, 1
The Convex and the Concave: The Feminine in Jorge Oteiza´s Mythological Cosmogony
ARANA COBOS, Juan
Donostia-San Sebastián : Eusko Ikaskuntza, 2006
Issue:
51
Subjects:
OTEIZA EMBIL, Jorge
Idioma:
Inglés
77-99
ISSN:
0212-7016
Price 4,50€
Summary
This paper tries to make sense of Oteiza´s feminine sculptures and cosmogony of the concave using basic guidelines taken from the tradition of Basque gender anthropology. It argues that the gender perspective is the most comprehensive single standpoint to interpret Jorge Oteiza’s heterogeneous body of work. Oteiza´s Pietá at the Basilica of our Lady of Aranzazu in Oñati, is described as the utmost symbolic representation of his mythology of the concave and the feminine in relation with Basque cultural mentality and politics.
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