The body in circumstance: a phenomenological understanding of the nude in the performances of Regina José Galindo

Abstract

The possibility of making art takes place in the relation artist-place, even if that relation comprises existential tensions and ideological-cultural confl icts. Without the body in circumstance, how could the work of art exist, be presented and appreciated? That aspect is evident in Regina José Galindo’s naked performances. It shows that even critical art emanates from this essential association between the artist’s sentient-sensitive body and the world, cohabited with associated bodies which view her work. In this context, the existential basis, that circumscribes Galindo’s creative and expressive experiences and that could be accessed in our shared worldliness, eventually resulted in this article.

Keywords

• lugar. arte. feminino. geografia humanista. maurice merleau-ponty.