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Madness is the language of the excluded: an interview with Javier Tellez.(Interview)

C: International Contemporary Art

| December 22, 2006 | Faguet, Michele; Lehyt, Cristobal | COPYRIGHT 2006 C The Visual Arts Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THE INTERVIEW FORMAT IS MOST FITTING FOR A Discussion of Javier Tellez's recent work, given that he is so articulate about the complicated set of references--historical, literary, cultural, personal--that inform his practice. Tellez is earnest in his attempts to ethically engage with communities of individuals who live outside the parameters of a "sane" society.

Tellez's interest in articulating a position of alterity is partly autobiographical: both his parents were psychiatrists in the provincial city of Valencia, Venezuela. His father, a Spanish immigrant, was a pioneer in his field and the first in the country to introduce certain psychotropic treatments. ...

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