Widening the Present Ensanchando el Presente

Abstract

The text to be presented next is the result of a reflective work originated in my participation as a jury in the 6th International Biennial of University Visual Art, convened by the School of Arts of the Autonomous University of Mexico State. This reflection was an important exercise to complement the decision which, as juries, took Nicole Everaert - Desmedt from Belgium; Pilar Villela Mascaró from the Federal District, and myself, since we were asked for it to be presented before an audience, partially comprised of some participants of the Biennial and the academic community of the institution organizing the event. In that sense, I hope that the reflections presented in here to be of some utility for the analysis of the processes of legitimation that in many occasions remain in the dark and therefore, mythologize the value of the works of art and the art itself.