¿La capital del mundo del siglo XXI?

Es indignante la represión en China. A decir del gobierno, se trata de "violencia étnica"... sí, pero del gobierno hacia las minorías. No es la primera vez, ni será la última. China no tolera las minorias ni la pluralidad. La agencia Xinhua se caracteriza por mostrar sólo las imágenes que son más convenientes al gobierno chino, no por nada es estatal.

Hacia allá vamos?

Las protestas llevan más de 800 muertos, de acuerdo con el Congreso Mundial Uigur con sede en Múnich. Véase nota en El Pais:

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Gobierno/Pekin/nos/trata/esclavos/elpepuint/20090706elpepuint_15/Tes

Y la ONU?

Bien, gracias.


Las pinturas son de Yue Minjun. Realismo cínico. "Pez dorado" (más de 1 MUSD, operado por Sotheby's en marzo de 2007) y la otra se llama "La ejecución".

"I have always found laughter irresistible-well, at least I don’t dislike it. I paint people laughing, whether it is a big laugh, a restrained laugh, a crazy-laugh, a near-death laugh or simply laughter about our society: laughter can be about anything. Laughter is a moment when our mind refuses to reason. When we are puzzled by certain things, our mind simply doesn’t want to struggle, or perhaps we don’t know how to think, therefore we just want to forget it. The 90’s is the time when everyone should laugh.Artists are the kind of people who always like to reveal to the simple, innocent and humble souls the never-ending illusion of our lives.
When I was small I was told how to think and act and what to believe. And I also thought that it was normal and hopeful to live in that particular way. When I grew older I found that the world and the other people were not that simple. There was much struggle between different people… I felt like being fooled for some decades when the June Fourth Incident broke out… "

Y. Minjun

Durante la bienal de Venecia de 1999, dice haberse dado cuenta de que las imágenes tienen poder...

"and this is exactly what the modern media is doing, creating one after one faceless idols using the same formula.”