Contra-política

Collective exhibition

Contra-política

Bogotá

17 of February - 24 of April, 2023

Collective exhibition

Contra-política

Bogotá

17 of February - 24 of April, 2023

Collective exhibition

Contra-política

Bogotá

17 of February - 24 of April, 2023

Collective exhibition

Contra-política

Bogotá

17 of February - 24 of April, 2023

Collective exhibition

Contra-política

Bogotá

17 of February - 24 of April, 2023

Collective exhibition

Contra-política

Bogotá

17 of February - 24 of April, 2023

Politics is mainly the activity of exerting or trying to influence the exercise of public authority. In other words, it is a power that alleges legitimacy because it acts on the people’s behalf. By contrast, the premise of counter-politics is that the monopoly of public power is a failure.

The inherent purpose of politics, be it real or imagined, is serving the people. However, it transforms into a new social order, into a “dark power” that appears as a new figure of public authority, that enables the emergence of illusions. Such is the case of Colombia, where the arrival of drug-trafficking money, with more liquidity than the government, made the fragile system go bankrupt.

Through this exhibition we intend to address the damage that this has produced on Colombian psychology, examining the objectual materialities of four artists from different generations and regions. All of them lived and built their practices under the counter-politics shadow. And this lack of legitimacy prompted intimate responses in them such as memory and pain, irony, and humor that they now express through their works.

Rafael Londoño, curator

Artworks

Consult

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Gringos (installation)

Insect-pierced coca leaves mounted on linen and acrylic

14,5 x 50,5 cm ea

2007

Miguel Ángel Rojas

El camino corto 1

Coca leaf clippings and dollar bills on cotton paper (diptych)

87 x 202 cm

2010

Miguel Ángel Rojas

At the other side (diptych)

Coca leaf clippings on cotton paper (left) Inkyet print on cotton paper (right)

110 x 100 cm c/u

2013

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Bloque y columna

Coca leaves, wooden boxes and acrylic

33 x 10 x 5.5 cm

2004

Miguel Ángel Rojas

¡Bratatá!

Coca leaf clippings on cotton paper

49.5 x 69.5 cm

2001

Miguel Ángel Rojas

Hormigas tropicales en nieve sucia

Inkjet printing on cotton paper

43 x 150 cm

2010

Jorge Julián Aristizábal

El incorruptible

Acrylic on digital printing

33 x 10 x 5.5 cm

2021

Jorge Julián Aristizábal

Color press

Acrylic on newsprint (30 pieces)

Variable measures

2013-2014

Jorge Julián Aristizábal

De labios para afuera

Acrylic on newsprint (30 pieces)

Variable measures

2023

Jorge Julián Aristizábal

1.94 cm de línea

Graphite on paper

25 x 200 cm ea

2006

Jorge Julián Aristizábal

Calendario para adictos

Graphite on paper (12 pieces)

25 x 18 cm ea

2006

Jorge Julián Aristizábal

Colombia es un pastel

Acrylic on canvas

24 x 85 cm

2018

Jorge Julián Aristizábal

Aspiraciones & No exijan perfección

Mobile vacuum cleaner, epoxy resin, plastic, resin, wood and satin / Watercolor, graphite on paper

168 x 60 cm diameter & 75 x 66 cm

2023 & 2020

Camilo Restrepo

A land reform 19

Ink, water-soluble wax pastels, adhesive tape, glue, newspaper clippings, and spit on paper

208 x 189 cm

2023

Camilo Restrepo

Alias 2022

Newspaper clippings, glue on paper and digital printing

Variable measures

2023

Camilo Restrepo

Brain eaters

Ink, water-soluble wax pastels, adhesive tape and saliva on paper

90 x 63 cm

2020

Camilo Restrepo

Fashion police

Ink, water-soluble wax pastels, acrylic, adhesive tape, glue and paper labels

81 x 86 cm c/u

2022-2023

Camilo Restrepo

Sinfín

Ink, water-soluble wax pastels and adhesive tape on paper (8 pieces)

29.7 x 42 cm c/u

2013

Camilo Restrepo

Quemarropas

Ink, water-soluble wax pastels and adhesive tape on paper (7 pieces)

21 x 27.9 cm ea

2019

Camilo Restrepo

Juegos finitos / Juegos infinitos

Digital printing

120 x 160 cm

2012-2019

Camilo Restrepo

Un buen muerto

Hippopotamus in 3D printing, varnish, acrylic, stickers and laminated newspaper clippings

Variable measures

2023

Camilo Restrepo

El bloc del narco

Ink, adhesive tape, glue, newspaper clippings, paper dust, plastic bags and staples on paper

42 x 29.7 cm (diptych) · 21 x 29.7 cm ea

2019

Camilo Restrepo

Lost & found bullets

Aluminum profile, acrylic, plotter, lights and electric circuit

300 x 50 x 12 cm

2019

Carlos Castro

La brujería como arma de guerra

Embroidered tapestry and metal bar

130 x 180 cm

2019

Carlos Castro

La silla del cacique

Embroidered tapestry and metal bar

134 x 175 cm

2022

Carlos Castro

La gran narco arca

Embroidered tapestry and metal bar

137 x 173 cm

2022

Carlos Castro

El rapto de sus majestades satánicas

Embroidered tapestry and metal bar

132 x 174 cm

2022

Carlos Castro

Democracia

Assembly with knives confiscated by the Bogotá police

120 x 120 cm

2014

Carlos Castro

Sin título, del proyecto belleza accidental

Photograph and frame in golden wood

90 x 65 cm

2013

Carlos Castro

Diálogo

Bronze and human teeth

36 x 9 x 2 cm

2021

Carlos Castro

Capador

Wind instrument made of bazuco pipes

20 x 15 x 4 cm

2014

Carlos Castro

La paloma explotada

Metal and marble base

26 x 40 x 28 cm

2011

Carlos Castro

El sueño del libertador

Bronze and stone

40 x 30 x 15 cm

2022

Carlos Castro

Inserciones políticas

Coca-Cola collectable bottles, cocaine and acrylic

18 x 8 cm

2020

Sin título, del proyecto belleza accidental

Artists

Miguel Ángel Rojas

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Jorge Julián Aristizábal

Camilo Restrepo

Carlos Castro

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