Cristina Ruiz Guiñazú Argentinian / French, b. 1951
Publications
Excerpt from Mario Donoso's essay:
The Active Bodies: The Pictorial Spinozism of Cristina Ruiz Guiñazú
“Les passions tristes” or “Ultimi barbarorum.”
In Ruiz Guiñazú’s work, there is a constant dialogue with Spinozist iconography, both in portraits of the philosopher and in a whole recognizable symbolism—Caute, Spinoza’s seal, the rose—but also in geometric representations of the Ethics. There is also a dialogue with key works for understanding Dutch political processes, such as The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers. Above all, her work offers an original reading of Spinozism—of its joy and its happiness—in its most bodily and sensitive version: bodies that act and interact with Spinozism, developing its dynamism and its power.
Copyright (c) 2025 Mario Donoso
