{"id":26054,"date":"2026-07-23T18:26:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artapartamento.com\/?page_id=26054"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:28:11","slug":"the-dance-of-holofernes-from-the-series-judith-silk-gloves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artapartamento.com\/en\/el-baile-de-holofernes-de-la-serie-judith-guantes-de-seda\/","title":{"rendered":"\"The Dance of Holofernes,\" from the \"Judith\" series, silk gloves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"The Dance of Holofernes,\" from the \"Judith\" series, silk gloves, 2024
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\u201cWhen we look at Roc\u00edo Garc\u00eda\u2019s painting, we are in the presence of a work of absolute uniqueness, as befits art. From the very beginning of her career, in the midst of the Cuban art boom of the 1980s\u2014a period brimming with artistic actions, local postmodernism, and post-conceptual trends\u2014she has remained a champion of painting.<\/p>

And she burst onto the Cuban art scene with her spectacular use of pure colors. With canvases depicting boundless spaces. With mind-blowing atmospheres plucked from distant universes. With characters such as geishas, masked figures, tyrants, and smugglers. With an unmistakable visual style.<\/p>

As if these unique qualities were not enough, he explored these themes in series of paintings, creating visual narratives akin to cinema, drawing on the full dynamism of his impressive scenes and sequences. (\u2026)<\/p>

Roc\u00edo presents us with (\u2026) a retelling of the classic story of Judith and Holofernes. From ancient painting and the Old Masters, through Donatello, Cranach, Caravaggio, Goya, and Klimt, this biblical theme has portrayed women from different perspectives: as seductresses, victors, avengers, and champions of justice\u2026 What we didn\u2019t imagine is that, right in the middle of 2024, the painter would play freely with that stale tradition, turning Judith into a supposed coquette<\/em>, while Holofernes is reduced to a caricature of the Ruler, even before he is beheaded.<\/p>

As in all her work, we catch a glimpse of the scales that weigh good against evil; of the spectacle of power spreading its fearsome tentacles over life and death, over love and politics. Or relentlessly delving into the heteronyms of eroticism, and provoking violence and injustice everywhere. The artist pulls the strings, shifts powers, and reverses the commands on the stages of a fictional portrayal of reality, with a heavy dose of Delirium Tremens.\u201d<\/p>

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Excerpt from the curatorial text for the solo exhibition Delirium Tremens\u00a0<\/em>(National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, November 2024 \u2013 January 2025)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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El baile de Holofernes, de la serie Judith, guantes de seda, 2024\u00d3leo sobre lienzo180 x 220 cm (70.8 x 86.6 in) \u201cAnte la pintura de Roc\u00edo Garc\u00eda estamos en presencia de una obra de absoluta singularidad, como conviene al arte. Desde su arrancada, en medio del boom cubano de los a\u00f1os 80, repleto de acciones […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26015,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[65],"class_list":["post-26054","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rocio-garcia","tag-obra","post","post-with-thumbnail","post-with-thumbnail-large"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t