{"id":10996,"date":"2025-12-14T13:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T13:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/14\/the-daily-heller-i-cant-believe-its-not-butter-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T13:49:30","slug":"the-daily-heller-i-cant-believe-its-not-butter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rutha.org\/index.php\/2025\/12\/14\/the-daily-heller-i-cant-believe-its-not-butter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Daily Heller: I Can\u2019t Believe It\u2019s Not Butter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My Butter is Better<\/em>, the most recent installment of Stefan Sagmeister’s touring art exhibitions, is now on view at Galer\u00eda Hilario Galguera Madrid through October\u2014and tomorrow, a version takes up residence at the Museo de Arte de Zapopan in Mexico. The show is a selection of more than 20 paintings made from 2022\u20132025 that combine the artist’s eclectic interest in design and statistics into a series of pieces that “transform quantitative information into aesthetic experience,” says curator Hilario Galguera. <\/p>\n

Drawing from sources such as the UN, World Bank, Statista and V-Dem, among other global and national databases, Sagmeister converts numerical data into novel statistical diagrams that communicate relevant comparisons of the world’s most recurring concerns. They telescope a long-term<\/a> perspective that might be considered “informed optimism.” Data visualizations are embedded into historical paintings, creating a dialogue between inherited images and empirical evidence of progress. “This act of layering does not dismiss the reality of crisis, but offers context: In contrast to a present saturated with pessimism, Sagmeister proposes a lucid and hopeful perspective for a less uncertain world,” Galguera notes. <\/p>\n

Below (and above) are photos by Zonacielo Films from the opening reception.<\/p>\n

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Stefan Sagmeister ‘proposes a lucid and hopeful perspective for a less uncertain world.’
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