Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ajenos a toda referencialidad
English translation:
devoid of any reference
Added to glossary by
Lisa McCarthy
May 21, 2010 10:33
14 yrs ago
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Spanish term
Spain
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Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
ajenos a toda referencialidad
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
Art exhibition
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El artista valenciano José Luís García Ibáñez presenta en la Sala de Exposiciones Lametro la muestra escultórica titulada Otras estructuras, otras arquitecturas, con obras tridimensionales realizadas a partir de materiales reciclados, principalmente madera, que ensambla y manipula creando objetos en su mayoría **ajenos a toda referencialidad** y dispuestos en el espacio con un cierto sentido de teatralidad.
El artista valenciano José Luís García Ibáñez presenta en la Sala de Exposiciones Lametro la muestra escultórica titulada Otras estructuras, otras arquitecturas, con obras tridimensionales realizadas a partir de materiales reciclados, principalmente madera, que ensambla y manipula creando objetos en su mayoría **ajenos a toda referencialidad** y dispuestos en el espacio con un cierto sentido de teatralidad.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +4 | devoid of any reference |
Evans (X)
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| 3 +1 | totally unclassifiable |
polyglot45
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| 4 | non-referential/ non-representational |
Jenni Lukac (X)
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| 3 | beyond any point of reference |
John Marais
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| 5 -3 | strange (objects) at all referenciality |
Constantinos Faridis (X)
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Proposed translations
+4
50 mins
Selected
devoid of any reference
the word "referentiality" is used in rather hifalutin' articles on art and poetry, but I would be inclined to avoid it.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This has a nice ring to it. Thanks Gilla et al for the help!"
-3
5 mins
strange (objects) at all referenciality
strange (objects) at all referenciality.
Beyond all the melodrama logics, this piece refers (for the first time in .... and wise appropriations, was seen, unexpectedly, lacking all referenciality. ...
www.efdeportes.com/efd10/toronto1.htm
Beyond all the melodrama logics, this piece refers (for the first time in .... and wise appropriations, was seen, unexpectedly, lacking all referenciality. ...
www.efdeportes.com/efd10/toronto1.htm
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
polyglot45
: total nonsense - ajeno a does NOT mean strange, for starters....
4 mins
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oh yeah? You Polyglott haven't a solution for this??
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| disagree |
Andrew Langdon-Davies (X)
: certainly not
3 hrs
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| disagree |
philgoddard
: Your "explanation" is an extremely bad translation from Spanish.
7 hrs
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10 mins
beyond any point of reference
That's my shot at it.
+1
11 mins
polyglot45
Native in English
Native in: English 
, French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
totally unclassifiable
which it is totally impossible to classify into a particular category or to pigeon-hole
22 hrs
non-referential/ non-representational
Abstract could possibly be another option, but non-referential and non-representational are widely used. Examples: The range of work from prints to sculpture is exciting, considered and unique. ... I prefer "non-referential' to "abstract". Non-referential suggests art ...
www.amador-vallina.com/english/.../2003-roots-of-spain/ - En caché; A playful leap to sculpture from abstract drawings ... Aside from some open-work basketlike pieces, the forms are invented and non-referential. ...
articles.chicagotribune.com/.../0806040180_1_sculptures-drawings-roy-boyd-gallery - En caché; Non-Representational Art
Art without reference to anything outside itself - without representation, without recognisable objects. http://www.humanitiesweb.org/?s=g&p=t&a=d&ID=76
www.amador-vallina.com/english/.../2003-roots-of-spain/ - En caché; A playful leap to sculpture from abstract drawings ... Aside from some open-work basketlike pieces, the forms are invented and non-referential. ...
articles.chicagotribune.com/.../0806040180_1_sculptures-drawings-roy-boyd-gallery - En caché; Non-Representational Art
Art without reference to anything outside itself - without representation, without recognisable objects. http://www.humanitiesweb.org/?s=g&p=t&a=d&ID=76
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