On the politics behind The Marx Lounge Jaar said: “No matter how aesthetic, art will always be political. Artists have the potential to create a model that can change the world, but there is no outside the system. I always say that we work within the system. What we do is try to give the system a human content. (…) Further, I would like to say that I really think we lost an opportunity in the very financial crisis. All the reserve money that suddenly was liberated went straight to the banks, whereas I believe that the only true capital is culture.” Alfredo Jaar, 16-04-2011.
