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Spanish to English: Abaya: Oasis and Desert in the United Arab Emirates
Source text - Spanish OASIS Y DESIERTO EN LOS EMIRATOS ARABES UNIDOS
Han transcurrido casi veinte años desde que Clara Martínez-Thédy debutó en el circuito artístico de la República Dominicana con su primera individual titulada “Africa, Luz y Sombra” (La Galería, 1987). Los hermosísimos paisajes, la gente, la flora y la fauna de la gran planicie africana la cautivaron de forma tal que así nació su gran compromiso con la fotografía. Pasión que ha cultivado con el paso del tiempo, sin cambios abruptos en su discurso, y bastante centrado en todo lo concerniente a la condición de la mujer y la niñez, temáticas que ha desarrollado y planteado desde diversas ópticas.
Nacida en Bogotá, de padre uruguayo y madre argentina, tuvo la oportunidad de conocer distintas culturas ya que por la carrera diplomática de su progenitor estuvo viviendo en varios países de distinto origen en el continente americano. Esa vida de trotamundos que Martínez-Thédy vivió en su niñez y adolescencia sentaron las bases para forjar y formar un alma viajera que la ha llevado a recorrer puntos equidistantes en nuestro planeta, y en algunas ocasiones los ha compartido con el público a través de diversas exposiciones individuales y colectivas, así como en bienales e importantes concursos internacionales de arte.
En el último lustro la artista ha fijado residencia con su familia en los Emiratos Arabes, en el mayor de los siete territorios federados, en Abu Dhabi, desde donde nos trae su última producción artística titulada “My Window to the Emirates”, la cual se presenta a la consideración del público en el Hotel Emirates Palace.
Si bien los Emiratos Arabes Unidos son conocidos por su gran explotación de petróleo y gas natural en el Golfo Pérsico, desde 1973 han sufrido una sustancial transformación que los ha llevado a convertirse en una moderna nación, que ha diversificado sus fuentes de ingresos desarrollando un turismo de alto nivel, con las facilidades costeras, deportivas y desérticas que ofrecen como atractivo principal al visitante. Todo esto unido a una impresionante infraestructura arquitectónica que se desarrolla en los distintos emiratos, y entre las que podemos citar las islas artificiales de Dubai que tienen las monumentales obras como el Hotel Burj al-Arab (Torre de los Arabes) y Palm Islands.
A pesar de que en la mayoría de los casos la obra de Clara Martínez-Thédy ha utilizado la técnica del blanco y negro como recurso expresivo, en esta ocasión se sumerge en el color y lo utiliza con sapiencia, sin mayores estridencias en toda una serie en que predominan los grandes formatos, en los que se destacan dípticos, trípticos y polípticos en un audaz montaje que permite una fácil lectura, que combina desde lo tradicional hasta lo contemporáneo en los Emiratos Arabes. Fotografías de extraordinaria belleza y gran serenidad que la creadora logra tanto a través de panorámicas como en el atinado uso del fragmento.
Esta muestra se centra en la cultura y tradición de esta singular nación que a pesar de preservar sus arraigadas costumbres ha abierto sus puertas para recibir otro tipo de manifestaciones deportivas, culturales y arquitectónicas propias del occidente, como es el caso de las carreras de Fórmula I y de exhibiciones de alto nivel de acrobacias aéreas, así como toda una serie de modernos edificios que han cambiado el aspecto de los grandes conglomerados urbanos de los prósperos emiratos.
Martínez-Thédy, incluye también en esta muestra un tema que la apasiona, el de mujer e identidad. Nos trae ahora desde una mirada lugareña a la mujer que la rodea y con la cual convive y, a la que ha tenido la oportunidad de ir conociendo a través del tiempo en la progresista nación en la que ahora vive. La artista aborda los distintos ambientes en los que se desenvuelven desde las más tradicionales con su atuendo abaya, hasta las más occidentalizadas, estableciendo vínculos y relaciones a través de ingeniosas tomas fotográficas.
Y es precisamente éste, el gran contraste que podemos apreciar en las imágenes de la fotógrafa: playas acompañadas de grandes rascacielos y de embarcaciones típicas para la pesca; impresionantes mezquitas, carreras de camellos, caballos árabes, beduinos nómadas en pleno desierto, hombres danzando, mujeres con sus largas túnicas en plena faena del día a día, unas siguiendo la moda dentro de sus costumbres y creencias, y otras más conservadoras llevando el velo y el chador, mientras que unas pocas ejecutan alegremente la danza del cabello.
Toda la majestuosidad de las arenas del desierto le sirven de marco referencial a Clara Martínez-Thédy para presentarnos este sólido conjunto en el que apreciamos la convivencia armoniosa de distintas culturas, dentro de un marco de respeto y tolerancia mutua, captada por una singular y oportuna mirada.
Translation - English OASIS AND DESERT IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
It’s been almost twenty years since Clara Martinez-Thedy debuted in the Dominican Republic’s art circuit with her first solo exhibit, “Africa, Light and Shadow” (La Galeria, 1987). The beautiful landscape, the people, the fauna and flora of the great African plains so enthralled her that they birthed her commitment to photography. Her passion for photographic art has grown in time, sidestepping diversions and remaining basically focused on issues concerning the plight of women and children, which she has built on and addressed from different perspectives.
Born in Bogota to a Uruguayan father and an Argentinean mother, the family was led to different countries in the Americas because of her father’s diplomatic career. These migrations allowed her to become acquainted with many diverse cultures. Martinez-Thedy’s globetrotting during her childhood and adolescence laid the foundations to forge and form a traveling soul that has led her to trek equidistant points of our planet and in some instances share these locations with the public, through several individual and collective exhibits, as well as through her participation in biennials and important international art competitions.
Of late, the artist and her family have set residence in Abu Dhabi, the largest of the seven federated territories of the United Arab Emirates, site of her most recent artistic production, titled “My Window to the Emirates”, hosted by he Emirates Palace Hotel.
Although the Arab Emirates is known for its oil and natural gas exploitation in the Persian Gulf, the country went through a substantial transformation after 1973, turning it into a modern nation. The Arab Emirates has diversified its national income by developing high-class tourism, offering coastal, sports and desert facilities as visitors’ main attractions. This is topped by an impressive architectural infrastructure that extends throughout the different emirates, among them Dubai’s artificial islands, that house the monumental Burj al-Arab (Arabian Tower) and Palm Islands.
Even though Clara Martinez-Thedy has used black-and-white technique as a means of expression throughout most of her work, this time she submerges in color, which she uses wisely and discreetly in a series where large formats are predominant. Diptychs, triptychs and polyptychs strike out from a daring montage that is easy to read, that merges the traditional to the contemporary within the Arab Emirates. These pictures have an extraordinary beauty and profound serenity, which the artist has garnered through panoramic views as well as through a targeted use of fragments.
This show focuses the culture and traditions of this singular nation, which has been able to open its doors to the western world’s sporting, cultural and architectural trends, such as Formula-One races and high-end aerial acrobatics shows and an array of modern buildings that have changed the landscape of the stunning urban conglomerates within the prosperous emirates, despite the nation’s deeply ingrained customs.
Martinez-Thedy brings to the show one of the issues she is most passionate about – woman and identity. From a local standpoint she shows us the woman she us surrounded by, the one she lives with, has had the chance to get to know in time and within this progressive nation she now calls home. The artist focuses on the different ambiences these women move in and shows both the more traditional women, dressed in their native abayas, and the more westernized women, while at the same time highlighting their liaisons through striking shots.
This is, precisely, the greatest contrast we grasp through these photographic images: beaches framed by skyscrapers and dotted with typical fishing boats, impressive mosques, camel races, Arabian horses, nomadic Bedouins in the desert, male dancers, women clad in their long tunics, doing their daily chores; some following the current fashion trends within the bounds of their customs and beliefs and other, more conservative women wearing their veils and chadors, while yet others happily engage in the hair dance.
The majestic views of the desert sand are the reference point Clara Martinez-Thedy uses to show us this sharp collection that shows the harmonious coexistence of different cultures within a conviviality of mutual respect and tolerance, caught by a singular and very fitting point of view.
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