Ego Erectus

Using the Mario Mankey name, a Valencia-born artist tries to manifest the underlying contradictions between human and primate. He works on human behaviours he finds disturbing and focuses mainly on the eternal contradictions of the modern individual as a result of their ambitions and limitations.

The aesthetic game is brought in as a way to introduce fun but also sarcasm. Thus, the works are addressed at a diverse, but also intimate audience, seeking to establish an artistic dialogue, be it arisen from a canvas, a street mural, a comic book or whichever new challenge brought in by this relationship. Ego Erectus is the title of his installation at The Haus in Berlin.

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