LIBRO - CATÁLOGO HAITZ DE DIEGO

60 dented humanitarian crisis, coinciding with one of the most devastating droughts ever recorded in the country. Priceless antiquities, the heritage of humanity, were deliberately demolished in Syria as part of a campaign of cultural and historical annihilation. The representation of war in the current era, the age of virtualisation and communication networks, takes on a new role: a symbolic one. Through his representations, the artist uses painting as a metaphor and denounces the me- dia and governmental control of the war conflict. I quote Paco Barragán in El fin de la historia...y el retorno de la pintura de historia: “Classical histo- ry painting preferred the story to the event itself, today the artist mixes the critical representation of the event with the ‘narrativity’ of the story in the era of storytelling”. I think Haitz’s rich series of representations in- habits that barren space between what is shown to society through the media and what is actual- ly happening. It offers a range of points of view, making horror and devastation visible. And the fact is that the image coming from a work of art is subjected to much greater scrutiny than any im- age shown in the media. It provokes greater re- Hold on! , 2017 Acrílico sobre lienzo Acrylic on Canvas 80 cm x 100 cm