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title: "The Clever One is Clever Until the Fool Wants to Be"
summary: "The Clever One is Clever Until the Fool Wants to Be. Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. Photo credits: Ana Karina Moreno Click on the image to enlarge “We have to reduce corruption to its proper proportions."
description: "Photo credits: Ana Karina Moreno Click on the image to enlarge “We have to reduce corruption to its proper proportions."
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Publicado: 10 of November of 2021

# The Clever One is Clever Until the Fool Wants to Be

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[Gallery 4. Democracy](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/4-democracia/)

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**Photo credits: Ana Karina Moreno**  
Click on the image to enlarge

#### Ana Karina Moreno

2018-2021  
Installation/photography  
variable dimensions.

“We have to reduce corruption to its proper proportions. Julio César Turbay.” This is one of thirty-five pyroengraved wooden pieces featuring phrases publicly uttered by presidents and politicians in interviews, debates, speeches, and articles, illustrating the ruling class’s relationship with various corruption cases. The work challenges the normalisation of these acts as inherent to political conduct, questioning not only the speakers but also the society that enables their actions. The simplicity of the piece’s presentation and the forcefulness of its critique invite reflection on whether the broad participation and control mechanisms established in Articles 103 and 135 of the Political Constitution are sufficient.

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#### See

[About the Artwork](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctkPURa2Ero)

[About the Artist](http://anakarinam.blogspot.com/)

[Sentencia Vivienda Digna: Corrupción, política y sociedad](https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/opera/article/view/6367)

[Ley 1474 de 2011. Estatuto anticorrupción](http://wp.presidencia.gov.co/sitios/normativa/leyes/Documents/Juridica/Ley%201474%20de%2012%20de%20Julio%20de%202011.pdf)

[Return to room 4. Democracy](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/4-democracia/)

[](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/4-democracia/pies-rotos/)

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