{"id":29164,"date":"2017-07-20T03:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=29164"},"modified":"2017-07-18T19:09:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T02:09:01","slug":"francisca-prieto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/20\/francisca-prieto\/","title":{"rendered":"francisca prieto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=29167\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29167\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29167\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/francisca_prieto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/francisca_prieto.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/francisca_prieto-56x300.jpg 56w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Stunning!\u00a0<\/em>I wrote about the insanely beautiful paper folding \/ cutting work of Chilean-born, London-based artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blankproject.co.uk\/\">Francisco Prieto<\/a>\u00a0way back in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/08\/im-jealous-of-francisca-prieto\/\">2013<\/a>. Well, I just found out that some of her work is showing this summer in Venice and I cannot wait to see her stunning pieces in person! Now, this piece features images of\u00a0French cathedrals, but I&#8217;m guessing I&#8217;ll see my fair share of &#8220;profound space&#8221; in Italy as well. Here is what this particular piece is about:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blankproject.co.uk\/artwork\/profound-space\">&#8220;Profound Space&#8221;<\/a> takes us to that hushed moment of awe that comes upon entering the overwhelming and embellished space of a cathedral. As our captivated sight tries to trace every detail through hallowed light and shadow, Francisca folds fluted pillars and archway\u2019s gothic arrows to point our eyes higher and higher. Pausing to look into each open window, tiny figures remind us of these structures\u2019 sheer scale and activity; the processions, funerals and prayers that take place under their watch. Cavernous eaves, ethereal beams and triumphant domes are celebrated in lines of gold that continue beyond the pages of what can be drawn or written, framing the vast expanse of what we cannot see but only feel. Empty and weightless lines multiply above, shimmering in diamond-like crosses whose mouths whisper of the lofty heights of sacred space.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hushed moment of awe, indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stunning!\u00a0I wrote about the insanely beautiful paper folding \/ cutting work of Chilean-born, London-based artist Francisco Prieto\u00a0way back in 2013. Well, I just found out that some of her work is showing this summer in Venice and I cannot wait to see her stunning pieces in person! Now, this piece features images of\u00a0French cathedrals, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[308,3,185],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29164"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29168,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29164\/revisions\/29168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}