Goya at the Freedom Tower!
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Freedom Tower hosts Goya exhibit
An exhibit of Goya engravings never before seen in the United States opens Friday at Miami's Freedom Tower.
BY FABIOLA SANTIAGO
fsantiago@MiamiHerald.com
Francisco José de Goya (Spanish, 1746-1828), One Way to Fly. (Los Proverbios/Disparates, no. 13: Modo de volar.)Freedom Tower's Goya Exhibition
What:Goya: The Engravings of the Caixanova Collection
Where: Freedom Tower, 600 Biscayne Blvd., Miami
When: Through Nov. 9; noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
Cost: Free
Info: For a complete listing of programs, call Miami Dade College's Gallery System, 305-237-7186.
From the Spanish Motherland to Miami comes a rare opportunity to view some of the lesser known but perhaps most relevant artworks of Goya, one of the world's great masters.
Goya: The Engravings of the Caixanova Collection, which opens today in Miami's historic Freedom Tower, is an exhibit cloaked in history and mystery. It even sports a few site-specific ghosts, as workers staging the show of 218 engravings have reported.
''For Miami, it's a real coup, the first time the collection is being presented [in the United States],'' says Miami Dade College President Eduardo Padrón. ``It's fantastic and important.''
The etchings are irreverent, ironic, haunting. In Tampoco (Neither), a soldier contemplates a man hanging from a tree trunk. In Se aprovechan (They Take Advantage), two men are stripping corpses of their clothes. In Murió la verdad (Truth Has Died) a religious figure looms as executioner.
For the occasion, the second floor of the Freedom Tower has been turned into an exhibition space reminiscent of Goya's time, with burgundy drapery and gold trim. After a Thursday night reception that drew hundreds, magnifying glasses were to be strategically placed so that viewers can search for the secrets contained in every work. In one, the weeping woman stands for justice; in another, a book is being thrown at ''freedom'' as she tries to resurrect from the dead.
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