Vanidad de vanidades
House of Gaga•Apr 09, 2025 — May 31, 2025
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Vanity of Vanities / Karla Kaplun
From the allegorical emptiness of the tile:
flowers of a garden that does not exist,
a garland where a serpent is encoded:
Nothingness adorned before the mirror.
A frivolous angel matched in vanity
to the one that, on the watery canvas of the fountain,
remained painted, the same yet different,
drowned in itself, a triumphant reflection.
Ah, Karla Kaplun, tell us, what did you do?
Vanity of vanities, your motto!
The gods are dead, yet their beauty persists.
Can Christ be the emblem of Nothingness?
Does meaning die yet still persist
in a form disguised as an anathema?
Luis Felipe Fabre
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Vanidad de vanidades / Karla Kaplun
Del vacío alegórico azulejo:
flores de un jardín inexistente,
guirnalda do se cifra una serpiente:
la Nada engalanada en el espejo.
Ángel frívolo en vanidad parejo
al que en la acuosa tela de la fuente
quedó pintado, igual y diferente,
ahogado de sí, triunfante reflejo.
¡Ay, Karla Kaplun, ay dinos, qué hiciste!
¡Vanidad de vanidades, tu lema!
Muertos los dioses…
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Vanidad de vanidades
House of Gaga•Apr 09, 2025 — May 31, 2025
Press Release
Vanity of Vanities / Karla Kaplun
From the allegorical emptiness of the tile:
flowers of a garden that does not exist,
a garland where a serpent is encoded:
Nothingness adorned before the mirror.
A frivolous angel matched in vanity
to the one that, on the watery canvas of the fountain,
remained painted, the same yet different,
drowned in itself, a triumphant reflection.
Ah, Karla Kaplun, tell us, what did you do?
Vanity of vanities, your motto!
The gods are dead, yet their beauty persists.
Can Christ be the emblem of Nothingness?
Does meaning die yet still persist
in a form disguised as an anathema?
Luis Felipe Fabre
--
Vanidad de vanidades / Karla Kaplun
Del vacío alegórico azulejo:
flores de un jardín inexistente,
guirnalda do se cifra una serpiente:
la Nada engalanada en el espejo.
Ángel frívolo en vanidad parejo
al que en la acuosa tela de la fuente
quedó pintado, igual y diferente,
ahogado de sí, triunfante reflejo.
¡Ay, Karla Kaplun, ay dinos, qué hiciste!
¡Vanidad de vanidades, tu lema!
Muertos los dioses…
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