Beautiful Horror: Artists and Frontiers | Roxana Velásquez | TEDxMonumento258

Описание: Within chaos, contradiction and opposite ideas, creativity and innovation flourish. Ms. Velásquez explores how two opposites - the beauty of art representing the horror of conflict–once combined, provoke change and stimulate greatness. It’s by juxtaposing diametrically different ideas where great thought or pursuit thrive. Referencing four master works of art, Ms. Velásquez demonstrates that it’s the artist who goes beyond the physical & metaphorical lines to reflect, and perhaps encourage, new frontiers of the human experience.

American born and raised in Mexico, Roxana Velásquez has served as the San Diego Museum of Art’s Maruja Baldwin Executive Director since 2010. She previously served as director of the Museo Nacional de San Carlos, Museo Nacional de Arte (Munal), and the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City; representing professional, civic, and cultural endeavors that elevated each institution to international recognition. Ms. Velásquez is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Association of Art Museum Directors, the International Council of Museums, and Asociación Mexicana de Profesionales de Museos.

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