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Melania Olcina reflects on the desired woman and the woman you want in "Woman on Background" (19/01/2016)

Start the year scheduled for the Hall of Visual Arts at the University of Murcia with the opening exhibition this afternoon, at 20 hours, the sample Olcina Melania: "Woman on Background".

It is in the ES / UM Area (Auditorium of the University Campus of La Merced).

In "Woman on background", Melania Olcina the artist reflects on the place they occupy in society as a woman "between feeling object of desire and subject you want."

"It argues the artist of a representation of myself bounded by a legacy of traditional Western art history imaginary."

Olcina, dancer and model, understands the body as a work of art in itself, and it is the body of his autobiographical project support.

According to the author, the naked display allows others to natural, eliminating the social and ideological references, but at the same time questioned "whether it is possible to delete all references that we have inherited."

The exhibition includes "Galmatopeia", a Greek word that refers to the art of sculpture on the theme The Artist and the Model.

It represents the working relationship between an artist and the work.

He was awarded the International Prize Single in the 9th Festival Video dance, videomovimiento 15 (Colombia).

For its part, "Woman on background" (woman on background), is a recurring title in Western painting when it represents a cut on a background figure.

Try to be a "metaphor of the role of women in art history, seen as an anonymous object of desire, without identity and a passive involvement as a subject".

He was selected in various festivals in Spain, Chile, Brazil and Argentina Germany.

Performer, choreographer and video artist, Melania Olcina a degree in Art History and a Diploma in Contemporary Dance at the Royal Conservatory of Madrid Mariemma (2008).

The Company is currently working on Sharon Fridman playing the piece "Free Fall" MAX Winner award for best dance performance in 2015.

Source: UMU

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