Devises

Hello, I want talk of exhibition called “devises” of Nicanor Parra, which was in 2006 in Cultural Center Palace La Moneda.
The exhibition was very polemic, since a part of the exhibition was showing to the heroes of the homelandnative country, which were hung of the neck, Allende, Pinochet, Alessandri and other relevant figures of the history of Chile. But the most interesting of the exhibition was not it, I liked the devises, they were in other rooms, they were small pedestals with a small legend and an object daily, the relation between the object and what Parra wrote was the interesting thing.
The object that more I liked was one dedicated to Roberto Bolaño, Parra and Bolaño were friends, and Parra in the exhibition wanted to do a small honoring to him for his premature death. The devise consisting in a Bolaño's photography and below Parra saying: "good nights sweet prince", It was an cite of Shakespeare, which was provoking a dispute in Parra's work, since Parra does a popular work, which moves away from the academic culture, it moves away from Shakespeare.
An devise that was in the entry consisting of a book of the complete works of Shakespeare and below he was saying: “El colmo del discurso cuico”, but nevertheless, the honoring to Bolaño, Parra using to Shakespeare.
Well, this exhibition was very gratifying for me, I enjoyed very much and laughed enough, it is what has Parra, one laugh and makes you think using simples elements.
I hope that Parra continues exhibiting.