The Art – contrary to what many people seem to think – is a basic human activity, substantial for a complete execution of the citizenship, the art makes the intrinsic vocations of human species stronger. Being distant from the antique academic apology of Genius, the contemporary art is the essential communication instrument, is a provocative action of a globalized and ruled by information, dialog and commerce planet. To understand this reality, to be faithful to the “spirit of one’s own time” and to act on this scene in an emphatic way, constitutes a principal challenge of all the entity related to culture, whether they are artists, curators, institutions’ directors or “dealers”(…)
The Role of Art Rio de Janeiro 02/2008
Marcus de Lontra Costa
