Title
Lecture by Enrique Martinez Celaya, given at Florida International University, December 5, 2010
Event Date
12-5-2010
Document Type
Video
Abstract
Enrique Martinez Celaya talks about his life and his work.
Introduction by Carol Damian.
Multimedia URL
Program Series
Breakfast in the Park
Identifier
FIDC003987
Recommended Citation
Martinez Celaya, Enrique, "Lecture by Enrique Martinez Celaya, given at Florida International University, December 5, 2010" (2010). Frost Lecture Series. 41.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/frost_videos_all/41
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Comments
*Video is restricted to on campus use*
Playing Time: 00:47:01
About the Speaker:
Enrique Martínez Celaya is a contemporary artist who works in painting, sculpture, photography, poetry, and prose, presented in contexts known as "environments." His artistic work examines the complexities and mysteries of individual experience, particularly in its relation to nature and time, and explores the question of authenticity revealed in the friction between personal imperatives, social conditions, and universal circumstances. These examinations often result in comprehensive projects addressing memory, familiarity, attachment, love, death, and longing. Although his thinking is influenced by literature and philosophy, his work regards the subjective experience of everyday life rather than the nature of trends in cultural practices.