QUEENS: noviembre 2011

domingo, 27 de noviembre de 2011

This portrait is called “The miner and his family”, and it was painted by Eduardo Úrculo in the 50's. It surprised me because of the cruelty of the image.

Two strong hands are joined to a weak body. The face of the miner, though, is a mixture between resignation and absence.

His wife, despite her weakness, has a defiant look supported by her dignity and her demands.

The child, sitting on the kitchen, tries to be happy by coping with the familiar problems.

This graffiti is painted close to the railway station. It's called “Cuenca Minera”.

This child might be the miner's great-grandson. The family has disappear, and a coloured and disorientated child is in a dark indoor space. Loneliness is everywhere.

This two pieces could be a metaphor of what has happened, and what is happening in the “Cuenca Minera”.

In the 50's, mining industry was a hard and mortal work. This daily drama affected not only the worker but all the family. Women had to have an important role encouraging the housband and taking care the children, mantaining the hope in a better future.

Nowadays, the mining industry has gone, leaving its sons orphans and disorientated.