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where feelings and intelligence move together towards expression – are capable to face individually these kinds
common goals. It is what the ancient Greek philosophy of problematic and subjects, talking of their worries,
called with the word poiesis: the art f doing. Actually, allowing their works to exist as results of these thoughts,
whatever it will be the project that someone is going to although in many different ways The soul of an artist
do, face, make, it is always how good and serious will be can still do a lot for him: it can push him to choose
his approach and, how ethically honest are his intents which direction to take, or how to adapt his work and
that is the real value. Whatever we can do, it will always himself to the most various and different situations,
be needed to arrive to give an expression of course or, again, to trans-form. To transform in something
complete and finished, but never definitive or closed else the mistakes, the broken dreams, the unsatisfied
in itself. It must be somehow comprehensible – not aspirations. The complexity of contemporary art leads
damaging – and always open and flexible to be modified, us to consider a fundamental, determining factor that
in order to give it new added values. Nevertheless, to it seemed to be more and more unavoidable: the
understand fully the reach of this precept, we must specificity given by curatorial choices, in other words the
re-conciliate with the universal value that culture has; a “vision d’ensamble” (analytic and punctual) that allows
value that has been already lately destroyed, crumbled to relate the work of one – or more than one – artist to
away by a dull distinguishing of senseless rules, a particular space and, a particular situation, as it is vital
fragmented in the ghetto of useless roles, while it ought to contextualize to stimulate, to diffuse to contaminate
to be entirely rooted into the contemporary dynamics , this in order to make art the most comprehensible
of the productive processes. It is in this way that the to fruiters inside a specific framework, trying to give
aspirations of mankind can be positively alimented, evidence to a soul of art which is different from what
feeding and nourishing the spirit of all we contemporary was in the past, probably more powerful and clear in its
human beings that live in this planet and move across it. own aims. An art that emerges because of the fusion of
the pars construes with collective intervention. It is the
Therefore (so then) why art? context, the framework that allows art to open itself to
Wanting or not, an artist expresses always his spirit new territories of investigation and then overcome its
towards his emotions, thoughts, feelings and, matters. partial vision of the world. It is always the context that,
He bears this knowledge inside himself, more or less in a certain sense, allows art to find its position in this
aware of it. It is part of his condition, it is something world. To look for a mutuality, for a symbiotic relation –
ingrained in his state of being. The artist investigate to with a precise feedback, not necessarily only economic
bring to light something that it is hidden to the normal – between art and enterprises it is undoubtedly a way to
sight, as an eye – as pure physic sensor – can’t see. In perceive and follow. In the same moment that art enters
few words, the artist always tries – or look for – a way to and belongs to such a context, it obviously contaminates
see more concentrate through things and reality, inside while being contaminated as well, it dismembers and
the things, for the reality. And also for he himself the recomposes itself in a continuous process without
destination of his work is equally important. loosing its own identity.
To question himself about what the public can Today, the deficiency that many operations (projects)
understand, digest, appreciate or feel the most- sui generis have, is inside the idea of finding a unity at
therefore capable of conducing the single fruiter any costs, therefore neglecting possible openings to
to a more profound reflection, it is undoubtedly a new, unknown developments, as the one of being able
post-modernist action, maybe even a bit spoilt if not to perceive a possible sense of things that it can also be
vicious. Nevertheless, are the artists themselves that beauty beyond aesthetics, value beyond ethic itself.
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