Barcelona, September the 18th to November the 1st 2008




Merino’s works is iconographical based on his favorite fiction characters from cinema, television and internet. His works reflect real problems of our society: war, pollution, difference between developed and underdeveloped countries, religion, politics, social problems and everything concerning contemporary society. His strategy is to unmask realities, invite the audience to think about worrying problems from a personal point of view, like corroding the consciousness. Merino stimulates us to see the ironic in tragedy, or what is bitterer in a satiric context. Merino clears that his work is not an explicit political statement; it is about using the mockery and the joke like a discursive instrument that connotes and fosters critical potential, to approach events of worldwide contemporary life. His fundamental premise is to entertain the audience and make them think about problems through humor.

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