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Latino Book Award 2006 - Mejor Diseño Interior (Best Interior Design) Notably influenced by both the colorful character of pop art and the wide spectrum of Colombian local art, the painting and sculpture of Beatriz González explores political, social, and romantic subjects with equal insight. Although she refers to herself as "a provincial painter," González has been recognized in the Colombian fine arts scene for more than four decades. In this complete collection of her work, it becomes clear how her pieces—with their fresh explosions of color and critically viewed subject matter—have captivated art lovers and critics alike. Influenciada de manera notable por coloridas tendencias pop, el amplio abanico de arte popular local colombiano y la contracultura, la pintura y la escultura de Beatriz González explora y abraza desde lo político y lo social hasta el amor. Aunque se autodenomina "pintora de provincia," González se ha convertido en una de las de mayor renombre y protagonismo en la escena de las artes plásticas colombianas. En este registro completo de su trabajo, está evidente por que ha cautivado la mirada de críticos y público no sólo con la fuerte explosión de colores sino con el fuerte y crítico contenido temático.

The career of artist González changed dramatically during the decade of the 1970's, when she started using photojournalism images of the victims of the armed conflict in Colombia, particularly women, to create a hybridization of the tradition of western painting and popular imaginary. The present collection is a portrait series of the leader of the rural community of Rancho Grande, Yolanda Izquierdo, (inspired by a photograph from newspaper El Tiempo). Izquierdo was murdered in January of 2007 during paramilitary actions against the Columbian "campesinos" and artist González recreates the popular small format prayer cards of religious icons to honor her memory.

Publié à l'occasion de la première rétrospective européenne de l'artiste au CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, du 23 novembre 2017 au 25 février 2018 ; au Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia de Madrid, du 22 mars au 2 septembre 2018 ; et au KW Institute for Contemporary Art de Berlin en 2018.00Artiste emblématique et fondamentale de la scène artistique d'Amérique latine, Beatriz González a marqué des générations d'artistes et de penseurs. Son travail, qui dépasse les limites de la peinture par la multiplicité des supports utilisés, convoque l'histoire, la politique, l'humour, le privé et le public.0.

"I am not going turn Colombia's suffering into a business, declared Ferdinand Botero, and so he donated these powerful paintings to the National Museum of Colombia in Bogota rather than sell them. Botero created these intensely personal pieces in private over the last several years and this catalog is the first presentation of them to the art world. As an artist deeply connected to his native country, these images are quickly seen as Botero's wish for redemption from Colombia's current social crisis. Many of these images will startle the eyes that expect only Botero's joyous, voluminous portraits. The truths in these works overcome all preconceptions of his style: these are startling pictures of civil strife, as intensely realized as Goya's Disasters of War and as spontaneous and immediate as Picasso's Guernica was in 1939. "--Publisher's description.

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