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Tears of Eros - Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

Por Ana el October 25, 2009 | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
 
tears.jpgThe relationship between sexual desire and death instinct through visual arts.

The exhibition takes us on a journey through the history of eroticism in Western art: from the Baroque period, with work by Rubens and Bernini (17th century), to the Surrealist movement (20th century), although it does in fact mainly focus on 19th-century artists.

Georges Bataille, one of the most controversial French intellectuals of the early 20th century, gave the title Tears of Eros to a strange and evocative essay on aesthetics which looks at beauty, desire and pain. Although the actual book was only published in 1961, the relationship between eroticism and death has been a obsession for philosophers, psychologists and artists since the Romantic period. Following in their footsteps, in the way Surrealists also did, Bataille produced a vast oeuvre on all sorts of paraphilias which featured surprising moments of lucidity.



  • Starting: 10/20/2009
  • Ending: 01/31/2010
  • Where: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
  • Resting day: Monday
  • Ticket sales: Advance ticket sales at Museum ticket office; www.museothyssen.org/entrada; www.entradas.com; Tel: 902 488 488.
  • Schedule: Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 7pm; Monday, closed. Noche en Blanco, 19th September, free admission from 9pm to 2:30am.
  • Price: Admission to the permanent collection: general, EUR8; reduced, EUR5.50. Temporary exhibition: general, EUR8; reduced, EUR5. Admission to both permanent + temporary exhibitions: general, EUR13; reduced, EUR7.50. Students and over 65s, reduced admission. Free admission for under 12s who are accompanied by an adult (except for groups).
  • Bus: 1 , 2 , 5 , 9 , 10 , 14 , 15 , 20 , 27 , 34 , 37 , 45 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 74 , 146 , 150
  • Metro: Banco España (L2)

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