'The dream of the reason produces monsters…'.
If there is something that historians seem to completely agree on, regarding the figure of this insurmountable Spanish painter, it is in the detail that Francisco de Goya y Lucientes was a true visionary of Reason or if you prefer, an authentic specialist of human psychology.
There were other artists, in the past, such as that enigmatic and controversial Flemish painter, Hieronimus Bosch, el Bosco, who in their own way delved into the psychic aspects of the human personality, contributing, with their vision, to bring us closer to the most controversial aspects of that which we have agreed to call 'human being'.
Madrid, with its wide cultural claim, continues to bet on the great exhibitions and although it is about to end, the InGoya Exhibition, which is held in the central Plaza de Colón, in the facilities of the Fernando Fernán Gómez Cultural Center -a tribute to one of the greatest authors in the history of Spanish cinema- it is an extraordinary opportunity to get to know the work of this great painter, letting himself be carried away by the sensations related to new technologies, in a truly electrifying audio-visual adventure, which defines perfection the world of which the artist, possibly without realizing it, became one of the best chroniclers of a time in Spain, in which the qualifier 'Adanes y Caínes' was still very present.
Heir to the Black Legend, Goya's visionary world not only included his special gifts that had catapulted him to the Court, but in addition to reflecting the complementarities and circumstances of the royal family, the painter entered the dark labyrinths related to popular culture and hoax.
So, with the magic of the seasons, which portrayed them with the harsh reality of someone who always tries to see beyond his limited senses, Goya also introduces us to the magic of legend and tradition, which in many cases evolved in the most grotesque of hoaxes, to give us a psychological glimpse of the modus vivendi of the society of the time.
A modus vivendi, which, as happened with the Flemish society that Bosch portrayed in his dark works, may seem grotesque to us, but from which we can conclude, which continues to be valid: the settings change, the fashions change but not the attitudes, that bloody inner struggle between the anima and the animus, which according to CG Jung, is fought in that dark battlefield that is always the Collective Unconscious.
The InGoya Exhibition uncovers, in a shocking way, part of that world, essential, in my opinion, for anyone who wants to better understand Spain and Spaniards.
It will remain open to the public, until next January 16, 2022.
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