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Alí González talks about his work

Saturday, February 9, 2019
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Translation:
My name is Alí González and my piece Archivología is from 1995. During those years my artistic interests were directed toward the representational power of fingerprints and their legal functions. I had a presentiment then that my country was inevitably headed towards civil disorder that would be lamentable and disproportionate. On the other hand, the deaths of a few family members and friends brought me to realize life’s fragility. That’s why I came to utilize and highly value fingerprints as each person’s remains. I always imagined that the archivology would take place in a specific place, the Supreme Court of Venezuela, for its symbolic character of collectivity and democracy as a kind of institutional ornament. When I see this work today, my impression is of having created a deposit of fingerprints in which the voice of a multitude resonates, pronouncing a small, succinct phrase: I swear.

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  • Alí González, Archivología (1995)

    Alí González

    Archivología

    1995

    Wood modules, glass, pages of the Venezuelan Penal Code, and pieces of clay

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