Reflections on the tremendous from the material making of the contemporary work of art.

Abstract

This article thinks on the concept of the tremendous and its link with certain contemporary artworks that consider the relationship between technique and violence, from the corporeality of its resources and procedures. The hypothesis is that the tremendous could be named in art from certain artistic works and practices that adapt the expansive function of language, emerging their own material sources. The text has three parts: the first is a consideration on the relationship between the tremendous and the violence of technique; the second thinks about the relationship between violence and language from the following question: can the tremendous be depicted? ; and a third part in which the hypothesis will be illustrated through the review of three Latin American artworks.