{"id":45519,"date":"2000-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2000-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formacionsimple.com\/revistasculturales\/archivos\/45519"},"modified":"2026-03-10T08:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:29:05","slug":"primera-pagina-un-comienzo-de-temporada-mas-triste-que-alegre-page-one-some-sad-notes-at-the-start-of-the-new-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/formacionsimple.com\/revistasculturales\/primera-pagina-un-comienzo-de-temporada-mas-triste-que-alegre-page-one-some-sad-notes-at-the-start-of-the-new-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Primera p\u00e1gina: Un comienzo de temporada m\u00e1s triste que alegre \/ Page one: Some Sad Notes at the Start of the New Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Autor:<\/strong> Alicia Murr\u00eda<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revista:<\/strong> Artecontexto, arte, cultura y nuevos medios (Revista Digital) n\u00ba 24<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>La primera de entre las malas noticias que nos sacudi&oacute;, a mediados de septiembre, fue el repentino fallecimiento de Juan Antonio Ram&iacute;rez. Apasionado, ir&oacute;nico y honesto encarnaba al intelectual que navega a menudo contra corriente para alumbrar aspectos y perspectivas renovadores, ya fuera en el estudio de las vanguardias hist&oacute;ricas, la arquitectura o el an&aacute;lisis de la producci&oacute;n art&iacute;stica actual. Profesor, ensayista, cr&iacute;tico, fue autor de una treintena de libros, algunos de los cuales han sido textos de referencia en nuestra formaci&oacute;n. Su ausencia deja un vac&iacute;o profundo en el campo de la teor&iacute;a del arte y tambi&eacute;n en el de la formaci&oacute;n de nuevos investigadores. Nos queda su obra y su entra&ntilde;able recuerdo.<\/p>\n<p>Apenas trascurrido un mes nos impacta otra desaparici&oacute;n, la de Chema Alvargonz&aacute;lez, artista afincado en Berl&iacute;n desde hace dos d&eacute;cadas, ciudad en la que desarroll&oacute; su obra y donde tambi&eacute;n impuls&oacute; proyectos de colaboraci&oacute;n como <em>GlogauAir<\/em>, espacio para la residencia de artistas y centro de exposiciones, que se convirti&oacute; en punto de encuentro de creado es de todas las geograf&iacute;as pero especialmente de espa&ntilde;oles y latinoamericanos.<\/p>\n<p>Casi a la vez, otro acontecimiento sobrecogedor: el incendio de alrededor de 2.000 obras y los archivos del artista brasile&ntilde;o Helio Oiticica, una figura de importancia capital cuyo nombre no ha hecho sino agrandarse desde su temprana desaparici&oacute;n en 1980. A la sorpresa segu&iacute;a la indignaci&oacute;n por que algo as&iacute; pueda llegar a suceder. La informaci&oacute;n llegaba desde Rio de Janeiro ilustrada con la fotograf&iacute;a del afligido hermano, el arquitecto Cesar Oiticica, quien ostentaba la custodia del enorme legado. Nos enter&aacute;bamos as&iacute; de que las obras estaban depositadas en un almac&eacute;n anexo a su domicilio de forma provisional, ya que hab&iacute;an sido retiradas del Centro Municipal de Arte Helio Oticica por desavenencias econ&oacute;micas. Imposible no preguntarse c&oacute;mo la custodia de un patrimonio de tal relevancia ha sido desprotegido de semejante forma. Esta perdida es de todos pero la verg&uuml;enza de este suceso, que tambi&eacute;n recae sobre los herederos, debe caer a plomo sobre las instituciones culturales brasile&ntilde;as.<\/p>\n<p>De otro lado, y al margen de estas tristezas, los &uacute;ltimos meses han estado marcados por cambios en la direcci&oacute;n de varios museos y centros de nuestra geograf&iacute;a. Jos&eacute; Lebrero ha pasado de dirigir el Centro Andaluz de Arte Contempor&aacute;neo (CAAC), en Sevilla, al mismo puesto en el Museo Picasso de M&aacute;laga. Agust&iacute;n P&eacute;rez Rubio ha sido nombrado al frente del Museo de Arte Contempor&aacute;neo (MUSAC), en Le&oacute;n, del que era subdirector. En el Centro Gallego de Arte Contempor&aacute;neo (CGAC), en Santiago, el portugu&eacute;s Miguel Von Haffe ha sido elegido nuevo director, convirti&eacute;ndose en el primer extranjero que asume este cargo en un museo de nuestro pa&iacute;s. Por &uacute;ltimo, Alicia Fern&aacute;ndez ha sido designada al frente de la Sala Rekalde, en Bilbao. Si los anteriores nombramientos se han realizado tras un concurso p&uacute;blico, en Rekalde se ha prescindido de este procedimiento. No ha gustado la designaci&oacute;n, no por la persona elegida sino por que rompe una din&aacute;mica de transparencia que est&aacute; siendo aceptada por la mayor&iacute;a de las Comunidades Aut&oacute;nomas. A quien opine que la aplicaci&oacute;n del Documento de Buenas Pr&aacute;cticas no es una herramienta eficaz, ya que todo procedimiento democr&aacute;tico puede ser manipulado, se le podr&iacute;a contestar que tambi&eacute;n puede ser perfeccionado y ampliado; un buen ejemplo ser&iacute;a que los criterios que argumentan las decisiones de los jurados, los merecimientos que a su juicio justifican la elecci&oacute;n de un determinado candidato, se hiciesen p&uacute;blicos y, sobre todo, que lo fuera el proyecto museogr&aacute;fico que el nuevo responsable va a desarrollar.<\/p>\n<p>Por &uacute;ltimo, queremos felicitar a dos de los m&aacute;s estrechos colaboradores de ARTECONTEXTO: Agnaldo Farias, nombrado curador invitado en la pr&oacute;xima Bienal de S&atilde;o Paulo, que dirige Moacir Dos Anjos. Y, en nuestro territorio, a Santiago B. Olmo, que ha sido elegido comisario de la pr&oacute;xima edici&oacute;n de la Bienal de Pontevedra.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some Sad Notes at the Start of the New Season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first piece of bad news which shook us this season, in mid-September, was the wholly unexpected death of Juan Antonio Ram&iacute;rez. With his passion, irony and honesty, Ram&iacute;rez personified the intellectual who often swims against the tide in order to shed light on innovative trends and perspectives, both within and without the study of historic avant-garde movements, architecture and the analysis of current artistic production. A teacher, essayist and critic, he wrote some 30 books, a number of which have become essential texts in our field. His absence leaves a profound sense of emptiness in the world of art theory, as well as in the training of new researchers. We are left with his work and our fond memories of him.<\/p>\n<p>Scarcely a month later, we were shocked by the news of another passing, that of Chema Alvargonz&aacute;lez, an artist who had been based in Berlin for two decades, where he produced his work while also being involved in collaborative endeavours, such as <em>GlogauAir<\/em>, an artist residency space and exhibition centre, which became a meeting point for artists from all over the world, but especially Spain and Latin America. Almost at the same time, another dreadful event took place, when fire destroyed around 2,000 pieces and the archives belonging to the late Brazilian artist Helio Oiticica (an essential figure whose importance has only become acknowledged since his premature death in 1980). Shock was quickly followed by indignation at the neglect that was involved. The news from Rio de Janeiro was illustrated by the photograph of Helio&#8217;s devastated brother, the architect Cesar Oiticica, who had been custodian of the huge legacy. The works had been temporarily stored in a warehouse next to his home, after being removed from the Centro Municipal de Arte Helio Oiticica over financial disagreements. One cannot help but wonder how such a hugely important collection could have been left in such a precarious situation. It has been a loss to us all, but the blame for this event, which must also fall on Oiticica&#8217;s heirs, must be laid on Brazil&#8217;s cultural institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Other developments in the past few months included changes in the management of a number of Spanish museums and institutions. Jos&eacute; Lebrero left his post as director of the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contempor&aacute;neo (CAAC), in Seville, to assume his new duties as director of the Museo Picasso, in Malaga. Agust&iacute;n P&eacute;rez Rubio was named head of the Museo de Arte Contempor&aacute;neo (MUSAC), in Le&oacute;n, a promotion from his previous post as deputy director. At the Centro Gallego de Arte Contempor&aacute;neo (CGAC), in Santiago de Compostela, the Portuguese curator Miguel Von Haffe was appointed director, becoming the first foreigner to take on this role at a Spanish museum. Lastly, Alicia Fern&aacute;ndez was designated as the new director of the Sala Rekalde, in Bilbao. While the earlier appointments were made through public competitions, in Rekalde this procedure was dispensed with. It has drawn much criticism, not of the person named, but because it represents a break with a practice of transparency which has been adhered to in most Spanish regions. Those who contend that the Good Practices Document is not an effective instrument, on the grounds that any democratic procedure can be manipulated, should be reminded that the procedure might just as well be perfected and broadened; for instance, the criteria on which the judges base their decisions -the merits that in their view justify the choice of a particular candidate- could be made public, and, above all, the proposals for the museum that each candidate puts forward.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, we would like to congratulate two of ARTECONTEXTO&#8217;s closest contributors: Agnaldo Farias, who has been named guest curator at the upcoming S&atilde;o Paulo Biennial, directed by Moacir Dos Anjos, and, in our own country, Santiago B. Olmo, who has been appointed as curator of the next edition of the Pontevedra Biennial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autor: Alicia Murr\u00eda Revista: Artecontexto, arte, cultura y nuevos medios (Revista Digital) n\u00ba 24 La primera de entre las malas noticias que nos sacudi&oacute;, a mediados de septiembre, fue el repentino fallecimiento de Juan Antonio Ram&iacute;rez. 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