{"product_id":"the-lex-series-impressione","title":"The Lex Series: Impressione","description":"\u003cp\u003e124 pages\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Dali Geralle \u003cbr\u003eText(s) by Dali Geralle \u0026amp; Davide Onish\u003cbr\u003eDesigned by Alice Zani\u003cbr\u003e29,7 x 23,9 cm \u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English \u0026amp; Italian\u003cbr\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Self-Published\u003cbr\u003eLimited edition of 100 copies\u003cbr\u003e2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lex Series\u003c\/em\u003e is an exhibition series aimed at building a solid interpretation of post-vandalism, a term coined by Stephen Burke. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is a continuous and progressive dialogue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat could be the intersection of vandalism in contemporary art? What is the current direction of graffiti within the artistic context? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe LEX series is a series of exhibitions that aims to draw attention to the development of the concept of the act of vandalizing, and specifically to the evolution of what can be the aesthetics and semantics of graffiti within a different social and urban context.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStarting from the definition of vandalism in social terms, we can consider it as an act of disdain or defiance toward society, in which the individual causes gratuitous damage to express anger, frustration, or simply for amusement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo arrive at the concept of post-vandalism, and its consequent post-graffiti derivation, we have to reverse what we mean by destruction: how do we annihilate the act of destroying?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhereas the institutionalized meaning of vandalism necessarily implies an unaware and uneducated connotation in the act of damage, consciously approaching the practice of destruction leads to the maturation of a specific aesthetic, leaving space for the development of a personal visual language.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe antithesis of destruction, then, is controlled destruction, which heads to the act of re-construction, where hate and disregard become love and sensitivity, in a conscious aesthetic and semantic output.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVandalism in the act of re-construction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Direct","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57598454989135,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2424\/8147\/files\/TheLexSeries_Impressione_1.jpg?v=1777561557","url":"https:\/\/www.legrandj.eu\/products\/the-lex-series-impressione","provider":"Le Grand Jeu","version":"1.0","type":"link"}