LAS NUEVAS EVAS
National Museum of Science and Technology of Catalonia (MNACTEC). Terrassa.
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What is femininity? What is the ideal woman? How have women been represented throughout the history of art and why? These are some of the questions that lie behind the work Las nuevas Evas (The new Eves), from the artist Ana Becerra.
Throughout the history of art women have been represented from the standpoint of the patriarchy. This bias has favoured the interests of the dominant class and has facilitated the subjection of women. In this context, in the Middle Ages two feminine archetypes appeared that gained fundamental importance: Eve and Mary. Two odeals born from clerical thinking from which misogynistic dichotomy was constructed that has lived on to our own day: you are either a saint or a sinner.
In the audiovisual Las nuevas Evas, Ana Becerra challenges this model of representing women. Through dreamlike suggestive images she presents women who have been shown historically as sinners, determined women who dared to challenge the patriarchal society.
The project can been seen in the Las Carboneras space, of the National Museum of Science and Industry of Catalonia from 4 November to 3 December.
Ana Becerra
Ana Becerra is a photographer, cultural manager, teacher and conference-speaker.
Evocation, mystery and ambiguity the hallmarks of her work. In her projects she creates dream worlds inhabited by characters suspended in an undefined time.
Her images have been shown in various gallerias such as Artsenal (Malaga), Fifty Dots (Barcelona) and the Matriarcht Gallery (Germany). She also publishes in fashion magazines like Vogue Italy and has been a jury member of a number of national and international photography competitions.
As a teacher and conference-speaker, she specialises in creative thinking and gives master classes and courses in art schools, photography associations, and also national and international photography festivals.
She combines her artistic facet with art-management projects for musicians such as Rozalén and David Otero in SonyMusic, and also for artists, designers and novelists. She has published in fashion magazines like Vogue Italy.
Recently she received the ‘Reconocidas 2023’ award from Malaga Provincial Council for her academic education, her work related to women and her cultural projects to promote the historical memory and gender perspective.
She is currently working on a book of creativity for photographers and produces podcasts about art in Spotify and Ivoox.