Carlos Sagrera's work is featured in a new exhibition 'History' at 20/21 Espacio de Arte Museum in La Palma.
History: a microcosmic perspective
"There is no need to speak. You must only concentrate and recall all your past life. When a man thinks of the past, he becomes kinder – “Stalker”, 1979 / screenplay: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, dir: Andrei Tarkovsky
World history is written from broad and sweeping perspectives. The places and names, often associated with power and conflicts that span over eras, can abstract the past obscuring its personal relevance to the present. Art can fill this void when it takes on the role of humanizing these events. Definitely, in literature, we see it in the form of storytelling, and in the visual arts, it is also found when artistic output directly correlates with personal experiences of their times.
The history of an individual is as much about cultural legacy as it is about recent family heritage, and viewing Art from this perspective shines a light on our differences on both the global and the personal scale. That we are all in fact unique is what we actually all have in common, and understanding this enables us to see ourselves in the ‘other’ and develop the empathy that is necessary to build a humane and peaceful world."
