Cristina García Rodero's Photography: Touching the Female Body Between Sacred and Profane
Fabio Petrelli analyzes Cristina García Rodero's photography through the dual representation of women as Virgin-Mother-Creator and femme fatale, exploring themes of death, eroticism, and the taboo of touch. Rodero's anthropological lens examines rural traditions and erotic festivals, linking the sacred and profane. The essay references Ernesto De Martino's 'Morte e pianto rituale' (1958) and Oscar Lewis's 'culture of poverty' concept. It discusses the prohibition of touching naked bodies in Western society, which is suspended in rituals involving corpses, citing Alfonso Maria Di Nola's 'Antropologia della morte e del lutto' (1995). Rodero's black-and-white photographs depict women as martyrs and vestals of lust, echoing Giovanni Segantini's 'Bad Mothers'. The article appears on Artribune.
Key facts
- Cristina García Rodero was born in Puertollano, 1949.
- Her series 'España Oculta' was published in 1989.
- Ernesto De Martino's 'Morte e pianto rituale' was published in 1958.
- Oscar Lewis introduced the concept of 'culture of poverty' in 1966.
- Freud's 'Inhibition, Symptom and Anxiety' was published in 1926.
- Alfonso Maria Di Nola's 'Antropologia della morte e del lutto' was published in 1995.
- The article references a photograph titled 'Venus, Germania, 2005'.
- Giovanni Segantini's 'Bad Mothers' is mentioned.
Entities
Artists
- Cristina García Rodero
- Giovanni Segantini
Institutions
- Artribune
Locations
- Puertollano
- Spain
- Germania
- Germany