Vários corpos em um só: nuances poéticas e políticas e a análise das obras de La Ribot

Abstract

This article aims to investigate the relevance of the female body in the works of the Spanish dancer and performer La Ribot, due to her bold, expressive capacity and diverse materiality. To this end, we will initially briefly address biographical aspects of the artist highlighted here. A brief analysis of four pieces by the artist will also be carried out: piece nº 14 (1997), piece Narcisa nº 16 (1997), piece nº 27 (2000), and Chair (2000). To make such an analysis possible, we recruited the concept of Corpomedia by Christine Greiner (2005), the notion of the theory of gender performativity by Judith Butler, and references from the field of photography, such as Susan Sontag (2004). The creation procedures and aesthetics developed by the artist La Ribot over the last 50 years put the female body in evidence, and in all its power in contemporary time-space.