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Beautiful Banners
Representation/Democracy/Partecipation
curated by Marco Scotini (Italy)
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In a moment of radical social transformation and the
emergence of a new global order, Beautiful Banners takes on the space
of conflict as the privileged space of representation and addresses
artistic practices as the meeting point between the public and symbolic
sphere, between popular activism and social protest.
But what are our current flags? Those of the radical crisis of the
politician, and if not, of his more consolidated representation? Isolated
or in groups, from the outskirts or from the centers of power, many
international artists are trying to respond to the new global order
through practices that make art a form of social transgression if
not a metaphor for positions of dissent and resistance. Slogans, manifestos,
flags, parades, processions, attacks on military institutions, urban
graffiti, illegal practices, and raids during political, social, cultural,
and everyday events, are part of their activities. A dozen of the
best of these artists, from Benin to Mexico, from Guatemala to Slovakia,
will constitute the field of action of Beautiful Banners: Representation/Democracy/Participation.
Artists:
Gustavo
Artigas
Marc Bijl
Radek Community
Annibal Lopez
Meschac Gaba
Teresa Margolles
Gianni Motti
Boris Ondreicka
Roman Ondák
Jeroen Jongeleen
Armando Lulja
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