By Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá - UNIMINUTO
The 21st century is characterized by fragmentation and the search for identity. The works featured in this collection question the roles of the church, family, ancestry, the rural, and the urban.
Hybridizations
The 21st century is a period of hybridization in which crucial themes such as identity, gender, ancestral legacy, ecology, technology, and critical thought are afforded equally significant value.
Guache
Born in Sogamoso, Boyacá, Colombia, Guache presents popular Latin American graphic and ancestral imagery, mixed with contemporary elements of graffiti and street art. He has taken his visual work to the streets, painting walls in various cities and regions throughout Colombia, and even different Latin American and European countries.
Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache (2014) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Mural work in the Minuto de Dios neighborhood; a testament to the ancestral communities that still exist across the whole of America.
Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache (2014) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
The creation of a mural in a public space is also an opportunity to strike up dialog and meet passers-by, local residents, and the media.
Sudaka (2014) by GuacheMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
"The Jaguar" represents a connection with the power of the night; the possibility of penetrating the darkness with stealth and without fear.
The jaguar's jaws, and especially its teeth, form part of the iconography of almost every American culture.
Artists of the Collection - Oscar González - Guache (2016) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Interview for the 50th anniversary of the Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá, in which Guache talks about his relationship with the museum and the community.
Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache Indias Asphalt Exhibition - GuacheMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Indians of the Asphalt exhibition in the project room at the Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá.
Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache (2014) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
This exhibition included work produced directly onto the walls, paintings, linocuts and screen prints, exploring themes of ancestry and mythology.
Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache (2014) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Color is fundamental to understanding Guache's work.
Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache (2014) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
The characteristic features of our indigenous peoples, with their penetrating gaze and ritual painting.
Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache (2014) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Guache's work on the third floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art used the room's lamp to form part of the indigenous face.
Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache Indias Asphalt Exhibition - Guache (2014) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
The shamanistic sessions are also part of the hybrid identity expressed by Guache.
Guache: The warrior of street art Bogota (2014) by En ÓrbitaMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Guache's murals in the city of Bogotá and his work with communities.
Karolina Bebop
Born in Bogotá, Colombia. Visual Artist, Tattoo Artist. Her work is internationally acclaimed for the quality of her drawing, her conceptualization, and her unique strokes when it comes to body tattoos.
Kraken (2013) by Karolina BebopMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Bebop uses the illustration of the Kraken to explain the behaviors rooted within human beings and our fascination for darkness in the search for identity.
Referents Tattoo Karolina Bebop (Siglo XXI) by Karolina BebopMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Her tattoos integrate the fauna and flora of the Americas.
Referents Tattoo Karolina Bebop (Siglo XXI) by Karolina BebopMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Humpback whales have been one of her preferred motifs throughout her tattooing career.
Referents Tattoo Karolina Bebop (Siglo XXI) by Karolina BebopMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Much of her work is characterized by combining architectonic and biomorphic elements.
Garavato
Born in Girardot, Tolima, Colombia. Garavato is a multi-disciplinary artist. His work includes projects as varied as graphic, industrial, and interior design, as well as art direction and illustration. He learned to combine his passions and formulate them on walls; on the streets, in bars, or in his friends' homes.
Internal Search (2016) by GaravatoMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Garavato connects the internal search, change, transformation, and the fusion of energy. Man as a being, at one with wildlife and in harmony with the ecosystem.
Referents ReferentsMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
As well as canvases, his work also includes urban art and illustration. He has excelled with large-scale projects that incorporate spaces within the city.
Referents Drawing Garavato (Siglo XXI) by GaravatoMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
The metaphors of assimilated men and animals are no joke, but a statement about unifying the ecosystem.
Juan Carlos Jiménez
Born in Pasto, Nariño, Colombia. His work focuses on the use of organic materials such as volcanic ash, clay, and plant fibers, which are conceptualized into objects.
Juan Carlos Jiménez - Thesis Project 2013 (2013) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Interview for the Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá channel during the presentation of his thesis.
Juan Carlos Jiménez - Thesis Project 2013 Juan Carlos Jiménez - Thesis Project 2013 (2013) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Juan Carlos Jiménez - Thesis Project 2013 Juan Carlos Jiménez - Thesis Project 2013 (2013) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Juan Carlos Jiménez - Thesis Project 2013 Juan Carlos Jiménez - Thesis Project 2013 (2013) by Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Bogotá, MAC - UNIMINUTOMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Didactic workshop with college students to create houses using different materials during the "TESIS 2013" project.
Juan Carlos Jiménez - Thesis Project 2013 Juan Carlos Jiménez - Thesis Project 2013Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
The series R(e)(u)tina is a play on words between the two concepts "retina" and "routine" ("rutina" in Spanish). It looks at the city through the eyes of a visitor.
Gloria Erazo
Born in Bogotá, Colombia. The archetype of gender in objects, and the notion of femininity as a constructed categorization of being a "woman," are the bases for her art. Her work focuses on questioning those attributes of a woman's body that make her so suited to managing the household, securing her reign over the domestic space.
If necessary repeat the operation (2010) by Gloria HerazoMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Herazo's work is dominated by liberating criticism, the woman's struggle for freedom, the vision of the feminist movement, and equal rights for men and women.
Gloria Herazo (2007) by a10tvMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Recording by the Spanish arts channel from her exhibition at the Ángel Romero gallery in Madrid.
Referents ReferentsMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Herazo questions the role of the woman and her place in an unequal society.
Referents Referents (Siglo XXI) by Gloria HerazoMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
Her work gives new meaning to the notion of the woman versus the supreme rule of gender in the domestic space, and ridicules the parameters of oppression.
Referents Referents (Siglo XXI) by Gloria HerazoMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
The archetype of gender in the representation of objects, and the notion of femininity as a constructed categorization of being a "woman," are part of her critical design.
Character Gloria Herazo Panorama Plastic artist (2015) by PanoramaMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá
In this interview, Herazo talks about her life, and the elements that have influenced her work.
Curation, research, selection, and texts:
Gustavo A. Ortiz Serrano
Recording, database, documentation, and coordination:
Wilmar Tovar Leyva
Works in the permanent collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art Bogotá—a cultural entity of the Minuto de Dios University Corporation (UNIMINUTO).
2017
Artists' websites
http://www.guache.co
https://www.instagram.com/karolinabebop/
http://www.garavato.com
http://juanjimenezgarces.wixsite.com/artworks
http://www.gloriaherazo.com
