El Barroco

Light, words, and the ephemeral -that shifting condition of random- are concepts present in some form in the entire oeuvre of Chema Alvargonzalez (1960-2009), an artist who divided the two decades of his career between Barcelona and Berlin. Whereas Bruce Nauman and Dan Flavin are Alvargonzalez's direct sources in the way he configures the space through experimentation with lighting, Mallarmé serves as the basis of his linguistic approach to the practice of art. Alvargonzalez often accords words the status of objects which -rather than locking in a meaning- enables him to achieve a semantic...

La muerte, por definición, es un efecto terminal que resulta del cese de las funciones vitales de un organismo. Esto es, la extinción de la vida. Y puede producirse por causas naturales —por enfermedad o vejez— o por causas inducidas —por accidente, homicidio, suicidio o demás. La ciencia ha discutido sobre la naturaleza de la vida y por tanto de la muerte, y también sobre el umbral que separa una de otra. Igualmente, más allá de la ciencia, la muerte ha sido objeto de reflexión de la filosofía y, por extensión, de la humanística o el arte. Y en el campo cinematográfico, ha sido ...

INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY. HOW DO THE OBJECTS IN A STILL LIFE REFLECT THE CUSTOMS, IDEAS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE TIME? THIS IS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WHICH NORBERT SCHNEIDER ASKS IN THIS BOOK. THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES AND THE 17TH CENTURY WAS WITHOUT DOUBT THE HEYDAY OF THE STILL LIFE. IT IS AN ART FORM WHICH GIVES US VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO CHANGES OF MENTALITY AND PHILOSOPHY AS WELL AS PEOPLE'S NOTIONS OF DEATH. STILL LIFES CHART THE HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES AND THEIR ACCEPTANCE AS WELL AS THE GRADUAL REPLACEMENT OF THE MEDIAEVAL CONCEPT OF THE...

Se estructura sobre un diálogo entre el propio Juanjo Sáez y su ego, que el autor presenta en la contraportada del libro como una "entrevista conmigo mismo" y que le sirve para reflexionar sobre diferentes aspectos de su obra y de su personalidad