Browsing by Author "Hernández, Vanessa"

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    Diálogos Necesarios: Los Mundos Artísticos De Latinoamérica y Europa
    (2013) Hernández, Vanessa; Castillo Sandoval, Roberto
    My thesis is dedicated to studying the Latin American vanguard movement of the 20th century, particularly the life of the Argentine artist known as Xul Solar and his relation to European artistic tendencies. It also includes an analysis of the curatorial process and how important each aspect of an exhibition is in relation to the message it projects. The objective of my thesis is to invert our perspective of the history of art and look at it from the South. Just like Joaquín Torres-García's inverted the map in his drawing "Inverted America", this thesis moves away from the eurocentric vision to a more balanced one.
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    Nacimiento de lo Subterraneo
    (2013) Hernández, Vanessa; Kim, Hee Sook
    The myth of the island Patmos of Greece (originally “Letois”, after Artemis, the daughter of Leto) is used as a metaphor in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s Primero Sueño. According to the myth, Selene (the moon goddess), in one of Artemis’s visits, shone moonlight upon the island, found at the bottom of the sea. Through the aid of Apollo, Artemis was able to convince Zeus to shine the light of the sun upon the island and bring Patmos to the surface. The myth puts forth an image that meshes nicely with the theme of Sor Juana’s poem: the process of the awakening of the spirit, in this case through the attainment of knowledge. That idea led to what was to become the plot of the story: Nova, an arboresque female born from the roots of a tree, rises from the ground after moonlight casts upon her place of origin and she embarks on a journey of mental, emotional, and spiritual awakening, only to feel fully alive at sunrise. Let yourself be immersed in my world of trees, underworld creatures, and brief and sweet encounters.