Diccionario Espasa filosofía

The contents of the book are an exploration into the popcorn kernel as a visually complex system, translating in the mind subtle nuances. The whole emerges in the mind and the very visual motoric activity releases the whole, in an expression that takes shape and form. The American snack, popcorn, in its abundance, generates a number of sculpted possibilities.

¿Qué forma tiene la crisis? Nueve artistas chilenos, de distintas generaciones, dialogaron durante un año con un grupo de científicos en el Laboratorio Arte y Crisis en torno a la inquietud de ampliar y problematizar las formas de conocimiento disponibles acerca de las crisis sociales.

Definir lo sublime como lo inaferrable que nos aferra es, fundamentalmente, subrayar su propia paradoja: su disolverse en el momento mismo en que nos atrapa. De manera que la experiencia de sentirse atrapados se acompaña siempre de la experiencia de sentirse perdidos.

This in-depth look at Latin American art explores the complexity of the contemporary aesthetic and cultural milieu in this vast and diverse region of the world, focusing on a critical re-reading of the Baroque in Latin America and its curious function as an important cultural metaphor. The diversity of artists represented--hailing from South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the United States--serves to critique and recuperate this concept of the Baroque that has become increasingly clichéd and misunderstood. With art by Ruben Ortiz Torres, Miguel Calderon, Rochelle Costi, Arturo Duclos,...