The bad counsel of the senescent – after Goya.
A mixture of the grotesque and tragic is agreeable to the intellect, just as discords are agreeable to sophisticated ears.
One can only forget about time by making use of it.
All the imbeciles of the Bourgeoisie who interminably use the words: “immoral,”, “immorality,” “morality in art” and other such stupid expressions remind me of Louise Villedieu, a five-franc whore who once went with me to the Louvre. She had never been there before, and began to blush and cover her face with her hands, repeatedly plucking at my sleeve and asking me, as we stood before deathless statues and pictures, how such indecencies could be flaunted in public.
(Charles Baudelaire)
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Project credits
Francesco Dal Co
Title: The bad counsel of the senescent – after Goya.
Quotes from Charles Baudelaire, My Heart Laid Bare and Other Prose Writings, ed. G. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1950, University of Michigan, digital ed. 2008.
Images of works by Francisco Goya:
Bellos Consejos, da “Caprichos,” 15, 1797-98
Maja and Celestine on a Balcony, 1805-12 (private collection)
Majas on a Balcony (private collection)
Voice: Steve Piccolo
Image processing: Melania Angeloro
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