Red

Passion, strength and revolution. Tour of the works of the permanent collection made by women whose common thread is red in its various shades.

Sin titulo by Ivanka DrufovskaMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Dance

Open brushstrokes, direct colors, dynamic bodies. Ivanka Drufovska freely expresses a new era.

Matrimonio por conveniencia by Mariana VarelaMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Marriage of convenience

Social norms often undermine freedom and identity. Mariana Varela puts it that way in this work.

Niña ingrávida (1965) by Beatriz GonzálezMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Weightless girl

Wide areas of flat color within a daring composition in which the figure of the girl seems to float in space, make this painting by Beatriz González one of the precursors of Creole Pop Art.

Macrocromía (2009) by Lina SinisterraMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Macrochromia

What would happen if we saw things with a macro lens? Lina Sinisterra shows it to us in her work.

Gluttony (2012) by Luiza PradoMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Gluttony

An intersection between art and social sciences. Luiza Prado focuses on the feminine, colonization, syncretism and the indigenous struggle.

Aggression to Vietnam / Agresión a Vietnam (1970) by Nirma Zárate / Diego ArangoMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Agresión a Vietnam

The woman is the center in each of the panels of this triptych, she suffers, fights and obtains victory. The 4 Rojo workshop by Nirma Zárate and Diego Arango marked the path of graphics in the 70's.

Fruto # 1 (1978) by Soledad BeltránMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Fruit

A fresh fruit is appetizing, attractive, tasty. These nicknames are part of the language of courtship that is implicit in the work of Soledad Beltrán.

Paisaje (1975) by Olga SinclairMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Landscape

The complementary colors, red and green, evoke the abstraction of a landscape in the work of Olga Sinclair.

Maria by GleoMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Mary

The syncretism between the ancestral past and the family album serves as an argument for Gleo to connect us with our identity.

Amparo Grisales (1997) by Maripaz JaramilloMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Amparo Grisales

The world of vedettes and social events are part of the critical approach that Maripaz Jaramillo makes in her artistic work.

Portarretrato para los descendientes de Dorian Gray (1967) by Ana Mercedes HoyosMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Portrait holder

In this work, posterior processes are synthesized in the work of Ana Mercedes Hoyos, such as the ventanas, the palenquera portraits and the interiors.

Furioza X (21th Century) by Laura Camila RamosMuseum of Contemporary Art Bogotá

Furioza X

Punk and feminist movements have as much expression in alternative publications as in fanzines. Laura Camila Ramos.

Credits: Story

We would like to highlight the valuable contributions of women who form part of the permanent collection of our museum in the construction of a broader and more inclusive meaning regarding the social, political and aesthetic realities of our siglo.
We have established a conductor on three primary colours, amarillo, blue and red which are also the colors of the Colombian band, to group different tendencies, styles and concepts that women have worked on; el tema no se agota y dejamos abierta la interpretación a nuestra audiencia.
Editing and text: Gustavo A. Ortiz Serrano

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