Grotesque is something that is beyond bad taste. It's bigger and better(maybe worse would be a more appropriate term, but for the sake of
morbosidad I chose better)!
Next to something grotesque, something
hortera loses and will have to die of shame.
Grotesque has something to do with size. I should be very large--huge in fact, so that you cannot avoid seeing it even if you try-- so you just have to surrender, look, and be appalled.
Grotesque can be used to describe a wrongdoing. (example: a grotesque
violation of justice)
Sometimes grotesque can apply to works of art, and it is there that
I will give examples, because other examples might get me banned from
this forum. The Prado museum has beautiful examples of grotequeries.
Titan (Jupiter) Devouring His Son by Goya and others from his dark period, and also (less famously but just as grotesque) Jupiter Devouring His Son by Rubens. This must have been a popular subject for the royal family! Also there's a painting called La Monstrua that is notably grotesque. There are many more examples in the Prado right in you home town of Madrid. Lucky you!
There is an American film director named John Waters who explored
the grotesque very effectively in his early films with his muse named Divine. Maybe for grotesque you can rent
Pink Flamingos
I am sorry I did not write this in Spanish because I am a little bit
aprisado
today. I you have any questions regarding my English use, just ask.