TEARS OF EROS
2009-11-23The exhibition takes its name from Les Larmes d’Éros (1961), Georges Bataille’s last book before his death and his final contribution on a theme he had researched in depth in Eroticism (1957): the intimate relationship between Eros and Thanatos, between sex drive and death instinct. To explore the intimate relationship between Eros and Thanatos, the mythological figures are set out in an almost narrative sequence, moving forward from innocence to temptation, from temptation to the torment of passion, and ending in atonement and death.
Exhibition runs through to 31st Janaury, 2009
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Paseo del Prado8. 28014
Madrid
Spain
