Pablo Bermudez
“Destino Manifiesto”
Showing between September 10 - October 1
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“Destino Manifiesto”
Destino Manifiesto is a phrase that expresses the destiny that the United States of America has the mission of expanding and spreading its form and democracy.
Proponents of manifest destiny believed that expansion was not only good but also obvious ("manifest") and inevitable ("destiny"). Originally a nineteenth-century political catchphrase, manifest destiny became a standard historical term, often used as a synonym for the expansion of the United States of America across North America and into the Pacific Ocean.
The use of the title in Spanish expresses a part of the cultural fusion left by the colonial people and which is predominant today in the current multiculturalism not only of the Filipino people but of the nations that were born under colonial rule.
In the exhibition, religious images alternate with advertising slogans from the 70s and 80s. The mixing of two iconographies apparently so distant in time reveal the passing of the baton of two powerful ideologies.
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Pablo Bermudez was born in 1988 in Pereira, Colombia. He moved to Barcelona in 1998 and to Como (Italy) in 2002, where he currently lives. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti Aldo Galli – IED Como.
In 2013, Pablo created his first “Sottovuoto.” Sottovuoto is the process of placing the pages of magazines inside a vacuum (the process of placing an object in a bag and extracting the air within) a method he uses for his many works. He handpicks images from magazines, particularly fashion and advertisements that feature the glossy faces of models to represent ephemeral beauty.
Pablo is the founding member and main curator of B-house Art Company, an organization that focuses on developing marketing and branding strategies applied to the art world.
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