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Maria Lagrange, an exhibition and a manifesto by Juan Carlos Alarcon (Pettro)

Maria Lagrange, was for years DJ and host of our RBA radio broadcasting from one of the theaters of La Cartucherie in Paris. However, she is, above all, a plastic artist who has marked the cultural sphere of France and some neighboring countries with her name.

Since last April 1, he has exhibited his works in the Sala Argentina of the Argentine consulate in Paris. But, this time Maria Lagrange went beyond an exhibition proposing a Manifesto: the Manifesto of Gradual Figuration.

I am not an art specialist or critic, I am just curious about history, culture and social movements; But perhaps because of my philosophical training, the first thing that came to mind was: what is a manifesto?

It could be said that a manifesto is an intellectual instrument that gives a channel of expression and demands to a social, political or artistic group. It is a proposal that generates debates on artistic ideas and, within that framework, politics. The name "manifesto" always carries a load of conceptual factors and allusions to different historical and current aspects. André Breton demonstrated it with his Surrealist Manifesto back in 1924 or more recently, the We Are All Culture Manifesto that was proposed from Spain and that has a massive adhesion.

In other words, an artist raises, individually or collectively, universal needs as an accompaniment and echo of a given society. In general, the Manifesto seeks to break the official discourse either to deepen it and codify it or to modify it. Maria Lagrange in her Manifesto of Gradual Figuration explains that "the design of a better world can be achieved if the individual strives for an autonomous thought, a free imagination and an independent decision." In other words, with a concrete political action. The debate was open and we will see how far it goes.

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