Alberto Baraya
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The artwork features a striking landscape with a large horse-like creature standing in the foreground. The animal's body is covered in distinctive stripes, resembling a zebra, but its head and features suggest it is a hybrid or fantastical creature. Two smaller, rodent-like animals perch atop the creature's back, adding to the surreal and imaginative nature of the scene. The overall composition is balanced, with the fields and distant hills providing a serene backdrop to the central figure. The artist has employed a realistic painting style, using vivid colors and attention to detail to create a whimsical and thought-provoking depiction of a mythical animal in a natural setting. ...
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Alberto Baraya
B.1968, ColombianThrough his work, Alberto Baraya investigates notions related to scientific knowledge and to the instruments that legitimise it; he questions the figure of the “viajero”, the role of museums and ideas about exotism to generate discourses of cultural vindication. His broader Project, Herbario de Plantas Artificiales (Herbarium of Artificial Plants) deconstructs scientific paradigm, post-colonial societies, and at the same time reflects about daily esthetical acts. He initiated is professional practice in 1992, exploring photography, video and installation. ...
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Instituto de Visión
Bogotá, New York CityInstituto de Vision is a Bogotá and New York based gallery for conceptual practices. Their mission is to investigate conceptual discourses that have been neglected by the official Latin American art canon. They have recovered important estates from the Latin American art of the mid century and continue to research the most enigmatic oeuvres of the region. Through a parallel program, they represent some of the most relevant contemporary practices from Colombia, Chile, North America, Venezuela, and others. Directed by three women, Instituto de Vision gives special attention to female voices, queer theories, environmental activism, the conflicts of migration, and other critical positions that challenge the established order. Using the international art scene as a platform, they are committed to give visibility and expand the work of artists that reveal critical realities and raise important questions for these contemporary subjects. ...