{"id":26159,"date":"2014-07-17T21:16:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T03:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/?p=26159"},"modified":"2014-07-20T10:58:49","modified_gmt":"2014-07-20T16:58:49","slug":"tinisima-by-tina-modotti-too-hot-to-handle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artistsofutah.org\/15Bytes\/tinisima-by-tina-modotti-too-hot-to-handle\/","title":{"rendered":"“Tinisima” by Tina Modotti: Too Hot to Handle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Edward Weston: Carlos M\u00e9rida, Jean Charlot and Tina Modotti<\/p><\/div>\n

Artes de M\u00e9xico en Utah promotes the appreciation of Mexican art through art exhibits, cultural activities, and educational programs. This summer the non-profit which earlier gave us the art exhibit of Frida Khalo is, again, partnering with the Salt Lake City Public Library through its Amigos y Libros (Friends and books) club to read and discuss Tinisima<\/em>, a novel by famed Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska. Tinisima<\/em> is based on the life of Tina Modotti (1896-1942), a silent film actress who met Edward Weston in Los Angeles in the early 1920s and traveled with him to Mexico City in 1923. Under Weston’s tutlege, Modotti became a well-known photographer, but her progressive views about women and her Communism overshadowed her art, and Mexico deported her in 1930. She then became a Soviet spy, fought in the Spanish Civil War, and devoted the rest of her life to politics and her long-time lover, Soviet assassin Vittorio Vidali.<\/p>\n

Tinisima<\/em> is a heady mix of biography and fiction. Poniatowska\u2019s style succinctly and evocatively captures both the moment\u2013whether describing a dusty Mexican village, the harsh Soviet winters, or dodging bullets in Spain\u2013and the spirit of a strong and sometimes desperately lonely woman.<\/p>\n

Artes de M\u00e9xico en Utah\u00a0will be having two presentations about Modotti and discussions about the book: in Spanish at Day-Riverside Library on Tuesday, July 22 at 7 p.m. (preceded at 6 p.m. by a reception on the patio) and in English on Thursday July 31 at the Pilar Pobil Foundation, 403 8th Ave. Pobil,\u00a0a self-taught painter and sculptor known for her brilliantly colored watercolors and oils, will be present to share her stories of the Spanish Civil War. Her father fought \u00a0for the Republican forces.<\/p>\n

If you have not had time to read Tinisima<\/em> you can still participate in the discussions! This video [click here]<\/a> gives a fascinating peek into Modotti’s life.<\/p>\n

LECTURA DE VERANO + PLATICA:\u00a0TINISIMA<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tina Modotti, \u201cla bella italiana\u201d, escandaliz\u00f3 a M\u00e9xico cuando lleg\u00f3 all\u00ed en 1923 con el fot\u00f3grafo Edward Weston, su amante que estaba casado. Su arte, ideas y pensamientos pol\u00edticos conmocionaron a M\u00e9xico hasta el punto que tuvo que ser deportada. Tras su expulsi\u00f3n de M\u00e9xico, lleg\u00f3 a la Uni\u00f3n Sovi\u00e9tica y pas\u00f3 el resto de su vida haciendo misiones secretas para el gobierno de ese pa\u00eds y luchando en la Guerra Civil Espa\u00f1ola. Su vida lleg\u00f3 a su punto de partida cuando volvi\u00f3 a M\u00e9xico en 1939, una mujer muy diferente.<\/p>\n

\u00danete a nosotros para leer este fabuloso libro de una de las autoras m\u00e1s conocidas de M\u00e9xico y para discutir como el arte, la pol\u00edtica y los hombres dieron forma a la fascinante vida de Tina Modotti.<\/p>\n

\u00a1Si usted no ha tenido tiempo de leer Tin\u00edsima<\/em> todav\u00eda puede participar en nuestra pl\u00e1tica! \u00a1Este v\u00eddeo da mucha informaci\u00f3n sobre su vida fascinante. [click here]<\/a><\/p>\n

Book Discussion in English<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pilar Pobil Foundation
\n403 8th Avenue,\u00a0SLC
\nJuly 31,\u00a07 p.m.
\nWith refreshments.
\nPilar Pobil will provide perspectives on Spanish Civil War.<\/p>\n

Pl\u00e1tica en Espa\u00f1ol<\/strong>
\nBiblioteca Day-Riverside
\n1575 W 1000 N, SLC
\n22 de julio
\n6 p.m. Recepci\u00f3n con: cemitas poblanas y aguas frescas
\nFotos de la Revoluci\u00f3n Mexicana
\n7 p.m. Pl\u00e1tica<\/p>\n

\"Panel<\/a>

Panel of Diego Rivera murals at Chapingo for which Tina Modotti modeled. Permissions: Fair use, for critical discussion, comment, teaching at free events.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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