Estudios de Teoría Literaria (Jul 2019)

Pablo Montoya: the artist out of focus. A Reading of La sed del ojo

  • María Emilia Artigas

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 16
pp. 32 – 40

Abstract

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La sed del ojo (2004) by Pablo Montoya, makes a difference regarding much of contemporary Colombian narrative, marked by the intention of giving testimony to the violence and the dynamics of the drug business. This novel's protagonist is the well-known photographer Auguste Belloc. Through this artist the writer questions the view and fashion of nineteenth century Paris. This study intends to, on the one hand, reflect upon photographic art as a legal and illegal commercial product and its problematic relationship with the concept of beauty and, on the other, mark the scope of the role of criticism and the press of the XIX century as means that generate fashion.

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