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parr The incisive vision of Martin Parr made him totally distinctive in the landscape of contemporary art, and many have been trying to paraphrase his vision. His
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from 1962 to 1992 and, though he inherited the hosting duties of the program from Jack Parr, defined the show and became the icon for late night television. For those
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The incisive vision of Martin Parr made him totally distinctive in the landscape of contemporary art, and many have been trying to paraphrase his vision. His work is a merciless documentary of everyday life. What he points out, by means of lush images, is the over-abundance of details to which we have grown so accustomed that, at a certain moment in time, hard to establish when, we stopped noticing it. Another point of his commentary is to reinforce something already elevated to the level of a statement by Marcel Duchamp, namely that the mundane can have the same artistic value as the "high" and established, and it is as entitled to be documented, and also that there is always more out there than it meets the eye. There is no specific subject that one should focus onto, but rather an overpowering myriad of details, each possibly a full fledged subject in itself, which could easily escape attention, or be seen from a different point of view, should one decide to devote enough concentration.
"Nobody ever has enough", confesses Trimalchio, in Petronius' Satyricon. This is a statement which applies more than ever to mass culture, characterised by the nesting instinct, as well as by overfilled regurgitation and self-sufficiency in its indulgence and sleepiness. Everybody wants more, and this need is bound to be fulfilled at the very moment the thought crossed our mind, without taking into account that the multitude of options is often more likely to be an anxiety-provoking factor instead of a benefit of civilisation. The selection capacity of the modern man has diminished substantially in order to allow space for another hypertrophied organ, that of consumption and rapid elimination. Short-term memory, minimal concentration and ready-made perceptions are the daily fare, and our eyes are larger than the capacity to actually process information. The effect is not prosperity or satisfaction anymore, but a kind of cultural indigestion, ultimately converted...
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