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Negra Álvarez, b. 1948 Self Portrait with Flowers / Autorretrato con flores El Salvador (1984) MARTE Museo de Arte de El Salvador [Source]

Her work is inspired by important events in her life and the country’s history, as well as by a continuous search for beauty in materials and objects generally discarded by society. The subject matter of the work tends towards reflections on the misuse of the environment, fertility, women’s day-to-day life, and national themes. In these works, the individual and personal becomes the collective and the social, achieving creations of universal character with includes Salvadoran elements.

During the decades of the 80’s and 90’s, Alvarez’s work was contextualized within the Latin-American movement of Magic Realism. Negra was included among the most important Latin-American sculptors during the 90s.

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understanding silence  Dialogue need only be included when necessary. When necessary a clack of the tongue. Heavy breath on the telephone seconds before you pick up.

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In the Presence of My Mother, In the Arms of the World In the Presence of My Mother, In The Arms of The World from Sara 'Kahirati' Elmessiry on Vimeo.

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Pulse in Sweaty Palms and Love There is longing where your ankles meet. In the flex of your chin and around the swirls in your ear.

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the only door that does not creak

the only door that does not creak

how does it feel when yours is the only door that does not creak. privately she speaks to me in sunlit secrecy. i asked my god to take a walk through my prefrontal cortex. the core of my existence whispered hymns of muslim magma. melting on my botus brain, beliefs of pollination. neurology is nectar-filled so feed me food for thought. where do you go when daylight closes clouds for corporations.…

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gently pour three cups of flour into deep silver basin of hope. stir lightly after cracking two ambient eggs with their yolks screaming sunlight. with the finger of your choice add two dollops of honey. this will remind you that burnt cakes still waft sweetness from their crusts. remember that one burn that blistered bouts of insomnia and the names you tried to forget. build your cake from the bottom up. your first layer will collect crumbs the way you’ve crossed paths with fragmented love. so used to light leaking in from wholes in god’s shoes, by the fourth layer you’ll probably think yourself undeserving of this cake. continue to coat the fifth with whipped cream and whispers of your favorite words. remember the night poetry let you swim past midnight and the moon got the sun a little too tipsy on cheap wine and red velvet. remember lipstick stains in empty bedsheets still ready to warm more bodies. remember rhythm when dance was a game you played in your sleep. prepare more cherries for the fall. sixth layer will be sour. it will taste like fresh piano morning intimacy in a sea of drowned music sheets. symphonies only your fingers know by heart will keep your head above the water. let them carry you home. and when you feel like nightmare and loneliness decided to move your limbs for you, remember that there are still. two more layers and endless poems in between.

eight-layer honey cake recipe gently pour three cups of flour into deep silver basin of hope. stir lightly after cracking two ambient eggs with their yolks screaming sunlight.

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willow in tokyo

http://www.russh.com/fashion/discover-tokyo-with-chanel/

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Solange Knowles: A Seat At The Guggenheim

Solange Knowles: A Seat At The Guggenheim

Solange Knowles Re-Introduces Herself as a Powerful Performance Artist at the Guggenheim Last Night  

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passionfruit (when you need it)

passionfruit (when you need it)

how important it is. to realize. that you. are birdmagic. part and parcel of the divine. you are whole and complete in your most raw. natural. and awakened state of being. to be grounded by the prospect of rising. of growing. to be patient while your inner moonlight traverses galaxies. to believe. in hands as baskets. warm bodies like lovebone. you. are your own muse and wild criatura. you are…

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pink increments (and the moon): a series sometimes silver lining pink. sometimes not there at all. sometimes tongue tastes like its been chewing nothingness all day.

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scramble-think: a diary of lies

scramble-think: a diary of lies

this morning you called me from london and told me you loved me. and that you’re out of toilet paper. no you didn’t. that was last night. by last night i mean in my dreams. i think we also danced by the water with a german shepherd and a basket of limes. do you still have that white shirt. it used to make your skin look like almonds. no it didn’t. you looked like shit. but then you’d smile. that…

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afro blu

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sonic blu

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skyriot in cairo.

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