SUMI MARO. Masterpieces
Meticulous detail is one of the main features of the work of Sumi Maro (Gifu, Japan, 1954). In his gigantic enterprises he faithfully copies works that are milestones in the collective memory, making subtle additions that bring their points of reference and interpretations up to date. This is the case of The Battle of Issus […]
FRANCESC RUIZ. Soy Sauce
The work of Francesc Ruiz ( Barcelona , 1971) explores new narrative models based on what could be called the expanded comic, in which he includes constant references to the city and its wide variety of sub-cultures. He frequently uses drawings of crowds or of multiple scenes in which a lot of action is going […]
SUMI MARO. Masterpieces (ESP)
La minuciosidad es una de las características principales del trabajo de Sumi Maro (Gifu, Japón, 1954). El artista lleva a cabo empresas colosales que le llevan a copiar fielmente obras que se han convertido en hitos de la memoria colectiva, a las cuales agrega sutiles detalles e incorporaciones que actualizan los referentes y su lectura. […]
OBSSESSIONS: ZERO % STANDARD (ENG)
In these increasingly standardised times in which the mass media holds sway, our individual space of action and definition is becoming more and more limited and subject to strict codes. There is only the mirroring of a space for individual presentation, which in fact allows us to act more as consumers than as private persons. […]
OBSESSIONS: ZERO % STANDARD
In these increasingly standardised times in which the mass media holds sway, our individual space of action and definition is becoming more and more limited and subject to strict codes. There is only the mirroring of a space for individual presentation, which in fact allows us to act more as consumers than as private persons. […]
DEPICTING LOVE (ESP)
SOBRE DEPICTING LOVE En estos momentos, el amor no es uno de los principales temas de reflexión, aunque se vincule a nociones como la identidad, las relaciones personales y sociales o las implicaciones políticas. Las aproximaciones científicas sobre el tema nos lo hacen ver como una noción relativa. Con sus investigaciones y explicaciones sobre el […]
SIMON STARLING. Exposition
Simon Starling (Epson, England, 1967) bases his work on thorough investigation, which includes constant travel, meticulous research and establishing connections between places, objects and historical and cultural circumstances. He often contrasts structures or dynamics, both literally and metaphorically, and concludes with processes that involve the transformation of an object or substance into something else altogether […]
CLAUDE CLOSKY. U
Claude Closky (Paris, 1963) likes to question the use of signs and make a play on their appearance. The issue of identity and the conventions of representation constitute the central thread of his artistic explorations. In a way that is both light-hearted and obsessive, he shows how the potential combinations of different media and the […]
MEDIASCAPES
Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without the knowledge of the way media reshape our environment. We are more and more used to wars that are initiated in primetime, to presidents who visit the troops for Thanksgiving with fake Turkeys, to football players who are more glamorous and photogenic than good players, […]
PAISAJES MEDIÁTICOS / MEDIASCAPES (ESP)
MEDIASCAPES Cualquier intento de comprender los cambios sociales y culturales sería imposible sin el conocimiento de la forma en que los media remodelan nuestro entorno. Nos estamos acostumbrando a las guerras que estallan en horario de máxima audiencia, a presidentes que visitan las tropas el día de Acción de Gracias llevando falsos pavos asados, a […]
