Ana González
Ana González is an artist who champions beauty as an essential value, recognizing its talismanic power for recomposition and sacred creation. Her works and sculptural interventions reflect her concern with understanding nature, displacement, and absence from a distinctly feminine perspective, expressing her content delicately through an artistic process that illuminates her creations.
Among the themes González explores are mutualism and collaboration, which she considers fundamental to her method and creative force. Although these themes are of great magnitude and complexity, her approach is always intuitive and personal, characterized by a remarkable formal delicacy and a clear interest in establishing an emotional connection with her audience. Her work is versatile and complex, demonstrating how art can function as a link between multidisciplinary knowledge. It is a space where insights from different times and geographies converge, creating new experiences that expand the boundaries of the familiar.
The multi layered nature of González's work is reflected in her tireless anthropological quest, her interest in botanical knowledge, her references to ancestral indigenous wisdom, and the rigorous artisanal techniques she employs. In this way, she reminds us that what we understand as natural is not a realm monopolized by science. Beyond the concrete laws established by the scientific method, art offers a personal perspective in which we all participate.
Ana González states: “At first, I painted and drew merely to practice the craft, as I have a knack for certain techniques. But then I realized that through these techniques and the craft, I could address important issues in Colombia: forced displacement, mining, deforestation. Gradually, my work began to take shape. Nowadays, I believe that my role as an artist is to bring forth topics that can be told in a very poetic way. Sometimes words are not enough; the journalistic aspect—which is important—falls short. At times, an image can convey much more. A piece of art can express so much more. Therefore, I believe in the transformative power of art in that sense.”