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"ARTE Y POSTFORDISMO. Notas desde la Fábrica Transparente" es un ensayo que propone una reflexión sobre el arte a través de su relación con las formas del trabajo surgidas del orden económico contemporáneo. Partiendo de un ejemplo que es a la vez metáfora de los desplazamientos aparecidos en esa relación -una teatralizada fábrica con paredes de cristal y suelos de parquet que la marca Volkswagen inauguró en Dresde en 2001-, el autor esboza un escenario de mutaciones e interrogantes con los que lidia simultáneamente el espacio artístico y el pensamiento político. Un trayecto que...

Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim, and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in America. For De Kooning, Pollock was the “icebreaker”. For Max Ernst and Masson, Pollock was a fellow member of the European Surrealist movement. And for Motherwell, Pollock was a legitimate candidate...

Winner of the 2010 Isabel de Polanco Award. At the end of the 15th century, Castilian Spanish disembarked in America to begin the long journey that would transform it into Spanish. From those days to our time, the language has been in a constant state of transformation, transforming its speakers in the process. This work is much more than a lesson in history; it is fundamental reading for all those interested in a vital area of our everyday lives: the language that unites us.

Papers consider various sets of historical military-themed graffiti (representations of battles, armaments, infrastructure, warriors and soldiers, slogans or proclamations, etc.), all of them drawings and/or messages engraved in spaces linked to defence culture (the walls of castles, barracks, sentry boxes, prisons or bunkers, among others).