Congratulations to Josephine Sacabo on a gorgeous new body of work!
THOSE WHO DANCE
“…those who dance were called insane by those who could not hear the music” – NIETZSCHE
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This series is an homage to Nahui Olin (b. Carmen Mondragon), the muse, artist, poet, social rebel and great beauty of Mexico in the 1920s – a woman who mesmerized the artists of the period – Diego Rivera, Dr Atl, and Edward Weston among others – with her extraordinary beauty, her intelligence, and her extravagant, uninhibited behavior.
a precocious free spirit who believed in the power and the beauty of herself as a woman.
a woman who considered her body the shape of her spirit and refused to hide it.
a woman who loved passionately and to extremes.
a woman whose tempestuous and tormented 5 year love affair in a ruined convent with Dr. Atl, famed painter and
[Read more…] about Josephine Sacabo: New Work! Up and Coming for October 2020!
