This exhibition compiles a selection of archaeological, ethnographic
and artistic articles from the most diverse of cultures that opens up a
dialogue between the past and and the present, near and far cultures
that have existed o coexisted in our planet.
The exhibition commissary, the writer and art critic Josep Corredor Matheos, based on this display, made an interesting reflection about the nature of the art as expression of a culture with a defined own personality. The plurality of these cultures is shown as richness of the humanity. All of them, from the simplest and most elementary to the more evolved, have a common denominator: each one is a clear and conclusive expression of the primary and fundamental unity of mankind, throughout time and throughout the different cultures.
Interesting questions can spring from this exhibition: can cultures focussed mainly on symbolic language in the midst of a rationalist and technological world coexist?, Can primitive cultures add any value to modern times?, Can the dead ancient cultures of Egypt, among others, add esthetic and human values to our modern day culture? For cultures to remain intact, do they have to live isolated in reservoirs or in an apartheid type situation?, How do we consider interinfluences - as enrichment or degeneration? In the catalogue and display texts the people in charge of this exhibition make it clear that they are not in favour of eclectic mixes, but they do appreciate the life those cultures had. However they do expect a general attitude of osmosis and mutual enrichment between the different cultures. This enrichment does not consist of imitating or mimetically adopting the ways and styles of other cultures, but, spurred on by the possible values of neighbouring cultures, each person is invited dig more deeply into his own culture and to live it in a sense of understanding and fraternization with the others cultures.
The blocks that make up the Culture-culture exhibition are:
–Opening of West to the Exotic World
–Egypt and Near East.
–Asian Cultures
–Aboriginal Cultures
–Amerindian cultures
–The classical world
The exhibition Culture-cultures gives us the chance to make an authentic “Around-the world-trip”, not in the long 80 days of Julio Verne, but only in 60 minutes.
The exhibition commissary, the writer and art critic Josep Corredor Matheos, based on this display, made an interesting reflection about the nature of the art as expression of a culture with a defined own personality. The plurality of these cultures is shown as richness of the humanity. All of them, from the simplest and most elementary to the more evolved, have a common denominator: each one is a clear and conclusive expression of the primary and fundamental unity of mankind, throughout time and throughout the different cultures.
Interesting questions can spring from this exhibition: can cultures focussed mainly on symbolic language in the midst of a rationalist and technological world coexist?, Can primitive cultures add any value to modern times?, Can the dead ancient cultures of Egypt, among others, add esthetic and human values to our modern day culture? For cultures to remain intact, do they have to live isolated in reservoirs or in an apartheid type situation?, How do we consider interinfluences - as enrichment or degeneration? In the catalogue and display texts the people in charge of this exhibition make it clear that they are not in favour of eclectic mixes, but they do appreciate the life those cultures had. However they do expect a general attitude of osmosis and mutual enrichment between the different cultures. This enrichment does not consist of imitating or mimetically adopting the ways and styles of other cultures, but, spurred on by the possible values of neighbouring cultures, each person is invited dig more deeply into his own culture and to live it in a sense of understanding and fraternization with the others cultures.
The blocks that make up the Culture-culture exhibition are:
–Opening of West to the Exotic World
–Egypt and Near East.
–Asian Cultures
–Aboriginal Cultures
–Amerindian cultures
–The classical world
The exhibition Culture-cultures gives us the chance to make an authentic “Around-the world-trip”, not in the long 80 days of Julio Verne, but only in 60 minutes.