BGuthrie Photos: Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Waterweavers

Art Museum of the Americas -- Exhibit: Waterweavers:

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Description of Pictures: Waterweavers: The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual and Material Culture
On view June 24 - September 27, 2015
Organized by the Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York City. Curated by José Roca, with Alejandro Martín.
This presentation of Waterweavers at the OAS AMA | Art Museum of the Americas is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Embassy of Colombia in Washington, DC, our primary sponsor, as well as the Friends of AMA.
Funding for this exhibition is generously provided by Vivian Haime Barg and Leon Tovar Gallery. In-kind support provided by Christie’s and Phillips. Special thanks also to Cristina Grajales Gallery.

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1. WATERW_150916_001.JPG: Waterweavers: The River in Contemporary Colombian Visual and Material Culture: In a country whose complex topography has historically causes waterways to be the only means of transportation between many communities, river have both united and separated people. Today, when most of hte population lives in cities, rivers continue to serve as the sole access to remote areas, but they also play a new role as the axis for a different type of economics: the black market which fuels the armed conflict that has beset Colombia for decades. Isolated territories, where the influence of the state is weak or absent, are fertile ground for all kinds of illegal activities. It also happens that these relatively remote areas are served by rivers, which in consequence have become actors i the politics situation. Hence the decision to structure this exhibition alongside these axes, as they provide a historical context to the political situation and are laden with histories and images that have been taken up by artists time and again. The other component of the curatorial equation is weaving. In a country that does not have a strong manufacturing sector, industrial design is consequently weak. Designers, for the most part, had to turn to artisanal production of objects in small quantities to provide goods for the local market. In recent years, however, this weakness has become a strength, since there is a renewed interest in the production of handmade objects, an industry that is firmly based in tradition, is ecologically and socially sustainable, and does not employ forced or underpaid labor. Designers have turned to local communities in order to better understand the techniques and materials they use and to apply this ancestral knowledge in producing objects that have uniqueness, character, and a sense of local identity. Many of the indigenous rural communities feature weaving as their principal craft, since it embodies their worldview and cosmogony. The confluence of the image of the river and the act of weaving is present both metaphorically and literally across contemporary practices in Colombia. Using the river as a conceptual device to explore the intersections in Colombian culture today between design, craft, and art, Waterweavers investigates the intricate ways in which culture and nature can intertwine across disciplines. This series of displays emerges from a curatorial strategy in which immersive environments presented on the walls frame three-dimensional pieces at the center of each room. The exhibition includes drawing, ceramics, graphic design, furniture, textiles, video, and installations. Unexpected juxtapositions create a critical and conceptual friction between works and practices that are seldom shown together.
2. WATERW_150916_009.JPG: Exhibition Participants: Olga de Amaral Ceci Arango Alberto Baraya Monika Bravo Alvaro Catalán de Ocón, David Consuegra Nicolás Consuegra Clemencia Echeverri Juan Fernando Herrán Jorge Lizarazo Susana Mejía Abel Rodríguez María Isabel Rueda Lucy Salamanca Tangrama Marcelo Villegas Carol Young
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