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THE IRONY

work of Maurizio Cattelan, Untitled. Maurizio Cattelan on the cover of Modern Painters.

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One of the most exploited aspects of contemporary art discourse is "irony." Changed the playfulness of art, which is experimentation and evolution, systematic repetition, all works are daughters of Adam that is Duchamp's urinal, and created the irony. A lack of serious commitment, as the joke that is easy impact. Why a protest may be compromised if sympathetic, in addressing and confronting the sponsor and the institutions, when you have a vocation of courtiers. Contemporary artists have replaced the former presence of the jester with their creations and occurrences are displayed publicly as inventors of jokes that start to infiltrate laughter light reflections always without risk, with the intention of pleasing servile. No need to go into the darkness of human nature if browsing the superficiality get exhibitions, grants and sponsorships. We are experiencing a time full of disappointment and emptiness, and conceal their lack of analysis or their inability to face reality, the devalued relax and create works of "fun."

hit reality of society and its individuals steadily, to dehumanize grade, irony is not an act of rebellion, an act of evasion and trivialization of the great conflicts which we live and our needs. In its ironies raise irrelevant issues are resolved with a joke and it always works seem a perpetual psychological therapy or high school. Because laughter is evasive, the occurrence wanders, the demerits absurdity without question. This gives the operator a comfortable position, without danger. If the problem is the "female oppression", irony is a dish cloths tied to a household, if the subject is imperialism, the irony is of Mickey Mouse ears, with output expected platitudes.

is contradictory for an artistic expression that makes flaunt their social intentions, humanistic, and so on., to address them with the greatest possible degree of lightness, creating simulacra of reality, presenting works without any consequences or objectives. Besides imposing a reflection that demands to see the work as seriously as before refused, when the work was raised from the start as a joke. The artist uses irony to the strength of the reality of an anarchic way, where is irrelevant to the materiality of the work coincides with the message, the explanation will accommodate any chistorete. Then the artist-level philosophy sitcom television series B and give us their ideas with jokes materialized, and it is assumed that this encourages "reflection." If that was not enough the obvious ironic ideas, curator appends a text "explaining" the joke. This glorification of the ridiculous, formerly exclusive pastelazo film without a script, is now the theoretical and aesthetic support of thousands and thousands of works.

In great art, which is made with real work and talent, the lack of quality is mocked in contemporary art that lack of quality is called irony and a source of admiration. Exploiting the joke is the way to avoid facing these exhibits in museums are deeply monotonous, indifferent and boring, and the humor intended to catch the viewer, draw it to something that does not wake up admiration, curiosity or emotion. This deceptive use of irony becomes a suicide for the work, because nobody wants to repeat a joke, once the occurrence makes an appearance this is canceled, requires a new and yet the work is intended to transcend and remain in the museum. By knowing the joke and know ourselves the trick, what remains is a sad spoil the work.

This obsession to laugh at what concerns us is part of the need to be different, what they accomplish is that while the repertoire of different runs, the works are less important, weight and links to the viewer that is not involved, to see that what concerns him is for the mocked artist, true to his art only reaches the level of ridiculous.

Millennium Maze Posted in Journal on Saturday, September 25, 2010.

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BICENTENNIAL ANALYZING THE ART KITSCH

EKO, Suave Patria, mixography.

Nationalism is the realm of kitsch . That bloom, with no limits or shame, waste, bad taste, evasion and opportunism. After the historical tradition of mock celebrations of 15 years as the pinnacle of ridiculousness, the holidays arrive Bicentennial patriotic to take his place with his nonsense and exhaustion. And regardless of the political use are giving this circus, manipulation of history and the hysterical prey with which writers and intellectuals have flocked to these celebrations and writing revisionist fiction books about them, apart from this it is incredible that the party has not yet begun and continues to advertise its failure.

And no wonder.

For starters, the memorial is an arc that is not a bow, and to justify the event organizers know the difference between a straight line and a curve, we change the name. Without respect for the balance of weight and space, is housed in a visually saturated site lacks original aesthetic contributions. The first mistake was to give a firm of architects, not a sculptor. But as artists sponsored by this administration believe that the sculpture is a pile of trash and have placed a portable toilet tower as a monument, it is clear that the organizers could not lay hold of the "talents" Conaculta darlings. The designers of this double wall, in an act of banal self-promotion, they planned to be built with imported materials: steel Finland, Brazil quartz that is laminated in Italy, etc., plus costs. Added to this is that, at the last minute, builders also tripled the budget for not having the memorial ready in time, leaving his goal sense Memorial.

As was the National Palace, now a gallery, organized an exhibition of antiquities of dubious originality purchased from the Zona Rosa, which is not going to be ready for the festivities, with an expenditure of 140 million pesos. This mega collection of memorabilia, has the sole purpose of being part of the superstitious ceremony to exhibit the remains of the heroes who were in Column of Independence. The ritual to attract the power of removing dead bones from the grave, follow fashion imposed in Latin America by Hugo Chavez, who exhumed the remains of Simón Bolívar, and continue to violate Venezuelan santeros graves relevant persons or talented to make amulets and caring for drug offenders.

The point is that nationalism and fascism not keep away aesthetics. For nothing is too much propaganda because it develops in the immediacy, seeks a temporary impact and works in the visceral emotions. That's why the spoils that are leaving these celebrations are shameful.

Instruct the parade and festivities companies who throw events and car cleaning products, the result: ride floats with costumed extras who recite cactus Suave Patria , aerial choreography is just rappel on the wall where the issue is the "unit Mexicans "and other marketing intentions that make abstraction of reason to be celebrated.

seems that political propaganda imposed on us with soccer was not enough and, with volunteer spirit predator, add a personal movies cowboy town scenery, plays with crinolines anachronistic wigs and false mustaches, detonators, rifles, plastic. What will become of these celebrations that we keep? Nothing. Thousands of TV commercials, series history, programs chair and people discussing a past that is diluted to a present failure. These celebrations, in addition to their monumental bad taste, are a demonstration that organizers were not even capable of having a party, and more importantly, that without knowing the actual language of propaganda can not communicate, excite and involve the population . Their only advantage is that the next will be in 100 years, and perhaps on the ashes of this country.

Millennium Maze Posted in Journal on Saturday 11 September.