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Domenico Barra

  • Figurative
  • Pop

generative art

2019 was a pivotal year for contemporary art: Marina Abramovic scanned her body in 3D, Bansky’s artwork was destroyed in the middle of an auction, Jeff Koons announced that he was going to fire most of his collaborators and give priority to the use of robots and machines in the name of automation, Kanye West began to paint shiny silver body at the Miami Opera, Maurizio Cattelan makes a sensation by taping a banana on a wall with his work Comedian at Art Basel Miami... and above all, we have experienced a real explosion of the phenomenon of memes. This piece is a meme, contemporary and traditional. The characters are depicted in a scenario reminiscent of the Neapolitan Christmas tradition of Presepe, a representation of the Nativity of Jesus Christ. The Messiah of Contemporary Art 2019 was without a doubt the banana, it enlightened us with ideas, creativity, it inspired the whole world to make memes on the banana, thus making the Internet a joyous celebration, a real Christmas party! 

The world of contemporary art is grandiose with its contradictions, its colors, its styles, its paradoxes, in a word, hallucinogenic. Believe it or leave it. This is an art. With Abramovic, Cattelan, West, Koons, Banksy, Hirst, Murakami and Tanni.

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