Yinka Shonibare
Tags/ Posted by Aurelio MadridI wanted to lay bare how we do these things.continue reading this poem
Who has dreamt that someday we’ll see the truth & let go of old ideologies that cause suffering in this world? Who has dreamt of the demise of ancient biases? Of course, this will never happen until we face the monsters that dwell inside each one of us.
What is Contemporary Art?
Tags/ Posted by Aurelio MadridSince I was young, I've been the youngest and worshipped Venus in the sacred and fragrant colonnades of even her humblest serving maidscontinue reading this poem
What is contemporary art? When we engage this gigantic question, we’re thrust into an enormous labyrinth of possible conclusions. How to define or even describe the hydra-headed beast with the elusive name? But first: What is art? Art is usually defined as a man-made object (&/or idea) of aesthetic concern/beauty. Concern & beauty are separated to demonstrate that art does not have to be beautiful, but it usually carries with it an aesthetic “concern”.
Stephen Prina
Tags/ Posted by Aurelio MadridThe moon cannot be stolen, only borrowed. Tonight, after your shift ends, I tell you about a surprise in the freezer.continue reading this poem
My intention is not the meaning of the work. The work only has meaning when it enters the social sphere and meets its audience. That’s where meaning is produced, not in the studio. –Stephen Prina
…I asked myself the basic question: what is Stephen Prina’s work about? A possible answer presented itself: perhaps it’s about the ramifications and infinite variations possible when contemporary art is not only about something else but also tantalizingly about ‘about-ness’ itself. –Dominic Eichler
