A Deep Sea Diver In The Phantom(ly) Country
CollectionPuerto Rico Small Books and Monographs Excerpt from the journal Third Text: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Culture; Art and politics of Elizam Escobar. "...in prison, I have found time, in a way. Most prisoners look at time as their enemy. They want and they do kill time. In my case, it's the reverse: I never have enough time. This may sound like a dramatic statement to scandalize others. But time has no mercy for those who need Time nor for those who will prefer to kill it in order to escape from it." "Art is nourished by all elements, interior and exterior. It is up to the individual to choose among them those he consider most significant for his creative labor. But we do not see the creative act only as a choice or selection of raw material. It is also accompanied by invention, the images of dreams, symbolic images, etc. Ill (some col.) Untitled fold out pamphlet on the art of Elizam Escobar. Includes commentary on marxism and the roll of art in resistance.