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Mujeres de Juárez

José Bayro Corrochano2001

Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla

Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

A vertical tri-fold painting with a background divided in two parts (dark at the top and light at the bottom) and an abstract female figure at the center of each fold.
This piece has a social and political content denouncing the femicides of hundreds of women in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua city in the northern border of Mexico. Femicides start to happen in large numbers since 1993.
This triptych shows three different women as representation of the other hundreds murdered, tortured an raped just because of been women in a country profoundy machista.

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  • Title: Mujeres de Juárez
  • Creator: José Bayro Corrochano
  • Creator Lifespan: 1960
  • Creator Nationality: Bolivian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Birth Place: Cochamba, Bolivia
  • Date: 2001
  • Date Created: 2001
  • Physical Location: Mexico
  • Location Created: Puebla, México
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: Bayro 49/80
  • Physical Dimensions: h80 x w50 cm c/u (Complete)
  • Painter: José Bayro
  • Origin: Mexico
  • Provenance: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • External Link: Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla
  • Medium: Mixed art materials on wood and iron
  • Depicted Location: Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.
Fundación Universidad de las Américas Puebla

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