Javier Ruiz Taboada
Javier Ruiz Taboada
Heads and tails
Whenever I look at a painting or photograph of a naked woman (or three), the first thing I notice is her face. This may sound more false than a coin with two crosses (or three), but it is the pure truth, no matter how much the body is present. I would like to make it clear however that, for me, when it comes to naked women, it is the second impression (or the third) that counts for me, for a simple matter of tact.
This does not detract from the fact that, as I have already published in “Underwear”, the scorned lover can express his revenge by exclaiming:
“I don’t mind you turning your back on me, that’s what I like most about you.”
When contemplating this torn vision of “The Three Graces” one does not know if the painter is playing to confuse us or if he was simply short of models. It is true that in this game of mirrors and mirages, the grace of one is worth three, both face and back (as beautiful as the word “ass” is).
If I had to interpret their glances and guess what they are thinking, I would dare to say that the woman on the left is in an attitude of “you’ll know what you’re doing”, the one on the right of “I don’t know if I want to do it” and the one in the center…, you can’t see her eyes, but she gives the impression that she is waiting for that hand to finish leaving her in the frame.
It is a striking painting. The figures are inside and outside at the same time, the red background, the white skins, the black eyes and that tear and tear stripe…, now that I think about it and that stripe, that is a grace (or two). I must conclude, in any case, by saying that speaking of Graces, the unit is always three (or one).
Javier Ruiz Taboada
Journalist
The three Graces