Art and the great themes
One of the contradictions of art is that, even when dealing with themes that directly appeal to issues that affect us, its reflections are often framed in a context that is only accessible to groups of experts. Sometimes it happens that thematic exhibitions conceived from cultural spaces accustomed to working in a transdisciplinary manner, incorporate […]
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Debat sobre crítica d’art. REVISTA ARTIGA
Debat sobre la critica d’art – Xavier Bassas – Artiga 26 oct 2015 DEBAT SOBRE LA CRÍTICA D’ART, amb la participació de Montse Badia, Joan M. Minguet Batllori, Francesc Parramon
“You’d like to do the least possible and you end up making more than you’d like”. An interview with Ignasi Aballí
Aballí is a long distant runner. Discrete be nature, generous, open to dialogue and with a sense of humour that isn’t obvious but is very much present. For decades now he has been methodically developing a solid body of work that is very much his own. He is a figure who acts as a bridge […]
“YOU’D LIKE TO DO THE LEAST POSSIBLE AND YOU END UP MAKING MORE THAN YOU’D LIKE”. AN INTERVIEW WITH IGNASI ABALLÍ
“YOU’D LIKE TO DO THE LEAST POSSIBLE AND YOU END UP MAKING MORE THAN YOU’D LIKE”. AN INTERVIEW WITH IGNASI ABALLÍ Aballí is a long distant runner. Discrete be nature, generous, open to dialogue and with a sense of humour that isn’t obvious but is very much present. For decades now he has been methodically […]
Identities
Origins, influences and, finally, the decisions we make are the three main elements that contribute to defining our identity as individuals and also as collectives. They are great themes for great reflections. And also for artists to explore the cracks between identities constructed by individuals and collectives and official narratives. Many examples come to mind […]
Conversación con Angel & Clara Nieto. LOOP 2015
Art, Culture and Society 1984
The future worlds or the futures of the world that Okwui Enwezor points out at the 56th edition of the Venice Biennale are not exactly optimistic, but dark, confusing, motley, unjust and full of inequalities. We are heading towards George Orwell’s 1984, thirty-one years later than the British writer predicted and with a more colourful […]
The Venice Biennale in 12 Notes
http://a-desk.org/highlights/THE-VENICE-BIENNALE-IN-12-NOTES.html All the World’s Futures is a colossal and motley biennale, that doesn’t give a moment’s respite, nor, of course, leave anyone indifferent. One way of fighting against this situation of accumulation, under the assumption it’s not possible to see everything, is to let oneself go and define a pathway with which to try […]
Elective Affinities. The meeting of two collections
Elective Affinities. The meeting of two collections takes its title from the novel Die Walhverwandtschaften (1809), in which Goethe used chemical affinity as a metaphor applicable to human relationships. In the present case, the elective affinities have to do with the sharing of points of view, visions of things, the taste for certain artists and […]
