{"id":2996,"date":"2016-01-13T14:40:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T14:40:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pedrojosepradillo.com\/?page_id=2996&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-01-04T09:56:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T09:56:07","slug":"kisses-and-whims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.pedrojosepradillo.com\/en\/kisses-and-whims\/","title":{"rendered":"Kisses and whims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid oi_inner_without_paddings\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 style=\"text-align: left;font-family:Arimo;font-weight:400;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading\">Kisses and whims<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid oi_inner_without_paddings\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6 vc_custom_1450713052770\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong><em>Besos y caprichos <\/em>(<em>Kisses and whims<\/em>)<\/strong>\u00a0is an artistic creation project that interprets the series of cards made and edited by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) under the name of\u00a0<strong><em>Caprichos<\/em>\u00a0(<em>Whims<\/em>)<\/strong> in 1799. In his plastic speech Goya judged and charged at the society of his time; from the abuse of women and treating them as objects \u2013slaves of their gender condition and left into the hands of a male chauvinist society that denigrate them in all times\u2013, to how poorly the educated people are educated and the voluntary or involuntary human trade. \u00a0Also attacked scathingly against the abuses committed by religious orders and the Inquisition, he denounced corruption and the lack of preparation of the power elites, or reported the despicable and reckless attitude of rulers.<\/p>\n<p>My work, in view of the current situation of crisis we suffer from, have consisted of creating a series of compositions that update the cards and contents of\u00a0<strong><em>Caprichos<\/em><\/strong>, using scandals and improper behaviors that took part in this actual society we live in.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Formally, the\u00a0<strong><em>Besos y Caprichos<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0collection (2014-2018) is constituted by wooden collage-boxes, as if they were window displays or puppets shows, themed with objects found here and there. In any case, in every one of them, they include as a referent element the cause and title given by the author to the respective\u00a0<em>Capricho<\/em>. The approx measures of the pieces are about 30cm high, 20cm wide and 10cm deep.<\/p>\n<p>Another of the ingredients are the bans that the poet and novelist Danilo Ki\u0161 (1935-1989) proposed in\u00a0<strong><em>Consejos a un joven escritor <\/em>(<em>Advice to a young writer<\/em>)<\/strong>. In this essay \u2013popularized in Spain by the Sunday magazine\u00a0<em>El Pa\u00eds<\/em>\u00a0in March 1980\u2013, the writer provides to any writer apprentice a series of ideas and concepts that will be useful and will help him to forge a critic and independent personality before the society and the elites.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kisses and whims Besos y caprichos (Kisses and whims)\u00a0is an artistic creation project that interprets the series of cards made and edited by Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) under the name of\u00a0Caprichos\u00a0(Whims) in 1799. In his plastic speech Goya judged and charged at the society of his time; from the abuse of women and treating them [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"portfolio.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pedrojosepradillo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2996"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pedrojosepradillo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pedrojosepradillo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pedrojosepradillo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.pedrojosepradillo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2996"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.pedrojosepradillo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3921,"href":"http:\/\/www.pedrojosepradillo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2996\/revisions\/3921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.pedrojosepradillo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}