Revolutionary Time and the Avant-Garde by John Roberts

By John Roberts

Why the avant-garde of paintings should be rehabilitated today

because the decidedly bleak starting of the twenty-first century, artwork perform has develop into more and more politicized. but few have recommend a sustained defence of this improvement. Revolutionary Time and the Avant-Garde is the 1st e-book to examine the legacy of the avant-garde relating to the deepening drawback of up to date capitalism.

An invigorating revitalization of the Frankfurt institution legacy, Roberts’s ebook defines and validates the avant-garde notion with an erudite acuity, delivering a sophisticated conceptual set of instruments to interact significantly with the main complicated paintings theorists of our day, resembling Hal Foster, Andrew Benjamin, Alain Badiou, Jacques Rancière, Paolo Virno, Claire Bishop, Michael Hardt, and Toni Negri.

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100 61 101 © Els autors, 2002; © Edicions UPC, 2002 Pero es sobre todo la obsesiva búsqueda de la tersura lo que acelera la aparición de sucias manchas en su piel. Auguste Perret recordó, a propósito del tema, esta frase de André Gide: “Lo que parecerá pronto la más viejo, es lo que al principio habrá parecido lo más moderno, cada complacencia, cada afectación es la promesa de una arruga” (citado por P. Colllins en Splendeur du betón). 102 62 © Els autors, 2002; © Edicions UPC, 2002 5. PROYECTAR LA PÁTINA Si nos preocupa la huella del tiempo en nuestros edificios tendremos que aprender a enfrentarnos con todos los fenómenos que hemos descrito.

Las esquinas son escapes del viento, como la parte superior del edificio. En las zonas próximas la velocidad del viento es mayor y el agua más abundante. Las esquinas tendrán con frecuencia un lavado limpio, como la parte alta de los edificios. El edifico logroñés de la figura 75 muestra en su parte izquierda el resultado de la combinación de ambos factores. 48 75 76 © Els autors, 2002; © Edicions UPC, 2002 Para acercarnos a la realidad aún tendremos que incorporar el resto de irregularidades que podrán tener enorme influencia en la distribución del agua, los resaltes horizontales o impostas y molduras, los retranqueos verticales y pilastras, los huecos con guardapolvo, los vierteaguas sobre huecos, la humedad ambiente, etc.

Parece que esta fachada tendría mejor aspecto si el arquitecto no hubiese dado vuelo a las piedras que hacen de alféizar. Probablemente estas observaciones no pueden generalizarse. Es posible que con materiales muy permeables la absorción sea tan inmediata que fije la suciedad sea cual sea la cantidad de agua aportada. Es el caso del porche del Convent dels Àngels que veíamos en la página 38. Pero sí podemos afirmar que en paramentos de hormigones o piedras más o menos compactas, la observación nos lleva a pensar que el vuelo del alféizar no contribuye a la limpieza de la fachada.

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