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EROTICISM, FEMININITY AND CRAFTS, AN APPROACH TO CONTEMPORARY CERAMICS. THE ARTISTIC PRODUCTION OF PALOMA DE LA CRUZ
Abstract
By the analysis of Paloma de la Cruz's work, this study seeks to approach contemporary ceramics from a gender perspective, exploring its potential as a container of visual metaphors with which to establish a current artistic discourse on the body. Although it is true that, historically, the female body has occupied a predominant role in the field of artistic representation rather than in the creative sphere, in recent decades certain changes have led artists to explore new artistic and craft genres, among which we will highlight, for the purposes of this study, the ceramic discipline. Thanks to this millenary discipline, the artist brings together the worlds of art and craft in her production, opening the way to new aesthetic and symbolic connotations around the raw material, with which she will establish a discourse related to the body, identity and eroticism. Therefore, we seek to explore how Paloma de la Cruz's work establishes a discourse on identity, rejecting taboos and giving a new contemporary life to a traditional technique, by introducing a series of metaphors typical of visual poetry, with which to establish a discourse based on the taboos established around the body and female identity.
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