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Today, in artistic and poetic activities in general, it due to a consumerist system solidly founded
I think it is absolutely necessary to retrace past on deprivation: a necessary assumption needed
paths again; from a strictly objective and not a for its surviving and affirmation. Perhaps, too
deliberate subjective point of view. Only in this pretextly, contemporary art abusing metaphors
way is it possible to express the complexity of our even (if ripe with undoubtful evocative values),
time. The importance of recovering the concepts has focused its effort on finding the most
of “place” and “continuity”, the necessity of suitable symbol. But symbols - apart from a few
historiographical revision - avoiding any cult involuntary, sporadic cases - can’t be configured
of trend and tendency - will produce a vital, as autonomous objects.
synergetic development and a straightening in
whatever the artistic expression. Today, in contemporar y ar t, the tragic
sedimentation of signs, words, objects, its
Ideologists subdued by the concept of “progress” addition to something that is totally contrary
(material, intellectual, etc.) have partly increased to what it really is and being less, is due to
a sense of “uncomfortableness” in the human the fact that art seems to become a perfect
condition. surrogate of fiction, an analogical simulation
The results of this progress have contributed to of imitation. Rather than conceiving forms and
the destabilization of man. He is no longer able to images, we presumptuously give form to ideas,
find his own center (both socially or individually) we communicate a sense or a meaning, without
within reality. He is constantly conditioned to having previously understood its content, or,
achieve accumulation, to acquire wealth, to worse still, without having previously singled it
pursue arid careers etc. - not only for economic out.
safeness but mostly, to affirm his own identity
consequently he has lost a certain sense of Within this progressive exhalation of the artifice,
profound aesthetic pleasure. He wrongly tries to concepts are deprived from their substantial
find his own legitimacy exteriorly, but doesn’t find dynamically, consequently and inevitably
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