Always Franco By Eugenio Merino
In 1992 many international events happen in Spain, which causes Spain to begin to rethink it's national Identity. This inevitable leads to the breaking of the Pact Of Silence. With it comes the Law of Historical Memory, Novels on the Revolution, and eventually a Biography on Franco. Eugenio Felt that all these things were keeping Franco alive and so he decided to put Franco in a Fridge. With the return of political commentary to art in Spain we see a change in medium. Eugenio decides to use sculptures as his medium to make commentary. Also we see a return of the realism introduced by Robert Capa and his photographs. Franco in the fridge although a little unrealistic, is still a very realistic figure. Although the artist gives us his interpretation of the artwork, this is perhaps another interpretation of having Franco in the fridge. A fridge is place to store leftovers and that instead of trying to bring Franco back to life by talking about him we should just simply store him away and forget about him. What other interpretation for this artwork are there? Does it make a difference that he is an what looks like a Coca Cola Fridge?