{"id":20077,"date":"2024-01-19T08:10:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T08:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/?post_type=recorridos-tematicos&#038;p=20077"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:50:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:50:00","slug":"the-house-of-vice-etching-1988-by-the-mexican-artist-jose-luis-cuevas","status":"publish","type":"recorridos-tematicos","link":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/thematic-tours\/tour-five-key-works-to-understand-the-ralli-collection\/the-house-of-vice-etching-1988-by-the-mexican-artist-jose-luis-cuevas\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;La casa del vicio&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div id=\"audio-player-container\">\n  <audio id=\"c-audio\" src=\"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/4_Cuevas.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\" preload=\"metadata\"><\/audio>\n  <header>\n    <div class=\"title-wrapper\">\n      \t<span class=\"title\">&#8220;La casa del vicio&#8221;<\/span>\n\t\t\n\t\t    <\/div>\n  <\/header>\n  \n  <div class=\"audio-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"controls-wrapper\">\n      <div class=\"toggle-controls\">\n\n        <button id=\"play-icon\">\n          <svg width=\"95\" height=\"124\" viewBox=\"0 0 95 124\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n          <path d=\"M95 62L0.500002 123.488L0.500008 0.512203L95 62Z\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/button>\n\n        <button id=\"pause-icon\" class=\"hidden\">\n          <svg width=\"86\" height=\"124\" viewBox=\"0 0 86 124\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n          <rect width=\"34\" height=\"124\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n          <rect x=\"52\" width=\"34\" height=\"124\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n          <\/svg>\n        <\/button>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <button id=\"stop-icon\">\n        <svg width=\"86\" height=\"123\" viewBox=\"0 0 86 123\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n        <rect width=\"86\" height=\"123\" fill=\"#D9D9D9\"\/>\n        <\/svg>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"audio-info\">\n      <span id=\"current-time\" class=\"time\">0:00<\/span>\n      <input type=\"range\" id=\"seek-slider\" max=\"100\" value=\"0\">\n      <span id=\"duration\" class=\"time\">0:00<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>La casa del vicio<\/em> (&#8220;The house of vice&#8221;), etching, 1988, by the Mexican artist Jos\u00e9 Luis Cuevas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Mexican artist Jos\u00e9 Luis Cuevas was also a writer and illustrator, and was one of the first to openly position himself against the Mexican school within the Breakaway Generation. He also distanced himself from the prevailing experimental and technological trends in Europe, North America and Japan, concentrating on drawing and engraving as a means of expression and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>As a neo-figurative artist, he included human figures in his work, but moved away from realism to create pieces with great expressive content. We can see this in his figures with deformed faces, conveying the anguish, pain and loneliness that he saw society was plagued by.<\/p>\n<p>Cuevas\u2019 work is characterised by great technical mastery of engraving. The line is predominant in his language, further enhancing expressiveness.<\/p>\n<p>In his work <em>La casa del vicio<\/em>, real people are depicted, as well as fantastic beings, some with semi-demonic faces, flying through the air, depicted alongside women who are naked (all but one) and appear to be prostitutes, and men who are drinking.<\/p>\n<p>The deformation in the faces of his figures makes them anonymous; they could be anyone. We can also interpret this as a means of expression, representing the inner \u201cugliness\u201d of human beings through their physical features.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul id=\"imageGallery\">\r\n\r\n   \r\n   <li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/192_CUEVAS_LA-CASA-DEL-VICIO-150x150.jpg\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/192_CUEVAS_LA-CASA-DEL-VICIO-scaled.jpg\">\r\n      <figure>\r\n         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/192_CUEVAS_LA-CASA-DEL-VICIO-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n      <\/figure>\r\n      <div class=\"gallery-info\">\r\n\r\n         <span class=\"ig-title\">La casa del vicio, 1988<\/span>\r\n         <span><p><em>The house of vice<\/em><strong><br \/>\nJos\u00e9 Luis Cuevas<br \/>\n<\/strong>Etching<br \/>\ned. 1\/5<br \/>\n135x90cm<\/p>\n<p>Ralli Collection<\/p>\n<\/span>\r\n\r\n         <span class=\"ralli-collection\" ><\/span>\r\n\r\n         \r\n         <span>\u00a9 Jos\u00e9 Luis Cuevas, VEGAP, M\u00e1laga, 2026<\/span>\r\n\r\n         \r\n      <\/div>\r\n   <\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Silvia S\u00e1nchez<br \/>\nCurator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n \r\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pcxemqi elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_uc_faq_accordion c-accordions-container\"\r\n    data-id=\"pcxemqi\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_uc_faq_accordion.default\">\r\n    <div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\r\n      \r\n\r\n        <div class=\"uc_faq_accordion\" id=\"uc_uc_faq_accordion_elementor_pcxemqi\">\r\n            <div class=\"uc_container\">\r\n\r\n                                    \r\n                <div class=\"uc_ac_box\" data-id=\"0\">\r\n                    <div class=\"uc-heading uc_trigger-uc_uc_faq_accordion_elementor_pcxemqi\"\r\n                        id=\"uc_uc_faq_accordion_elementor_pcxemqi\" data-id=\"0\">\r\n                        <div class=\"ue_trigger\" >\r\n                            <span class=\"uc_dactive bbb\">+<\/span>\r\n                            <span class=\"uc_active bbb\">-<\/span>\r\n                        <\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"ue_spacer\"><\/div>\r\n                        <em>References<\/em> \r\n                    <\/div>\r\n\r\n                    <div class=\"uc_content\" >\r\n                        <p>Exhibition \u201cJos\u00e9 Luis Cuevas\u201d. 1998. Reina Sof\u00eda National Art Centre. At: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.museoreinasofia.es\/en\/exhibitions\/jose-luis-cuevas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.museoreinasofia.es\/en\/exhibitions\/jose-luis-cuevas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>William Grimes (2017). \u201cJos\u00e9 Luis Cuevas, a Dark Master of Mexican Art\u201d. THE NEW YORK TIMES. Available at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/07\/arts\/design\/jose-luis-cuevas-a-dark-master-of-mexican-art-dies-at-83.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/07\/arts\/design\/jose-luis-cuevas-a-dark-master-of-mexican-art-dies-at-83.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJos\u00e9 Luis Cuevas\u201d. In: <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuevas_(pintor)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Cuevas_(pintor)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fundaci\u00f3n BBVA Bancomer (2011). Paralelismos pl\u00e1sticos en M\u00e9xico. Cuatro d\u00e9cadas en la Colecci\u00f3n BBVA Bancomer (1960-1990). M\u00e9xico: Centro Nacional de Investigaci\u00f3n, Documentaci\u00f3n e Informaci\u00f3n de Artes Pl\u00e1sticas; Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes &amp; Fundaci\u00f3n BBVA Bancomer. Disponible en <a href=\"https:\/\/fomentocultural.fundacionbbva.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Paralelismos-EBOOK-PDF-20200615c-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/fomentocultural.fundacionbbva.mx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Paralelismos-EBOOK-PDF-20200615c-1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Date consulted for all links: 13\/11\/2019]<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                                \r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n","protected":false},"featured_media":19744,"parent":20057,"menu_order":0,"template":"","recorrido-tematico":[],"class_list":["post-20077","recorridos-tematicos","type-recorridos-tematicos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recorridos-tematicos\/20077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recorridos-tematicos"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/recorridos-tematicos"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recorridos-tematicos\/20057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"recorrido-tematico","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museoralli.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/recorrido-tematico?post=20077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}