Alejandro Sánchez: A Colombian Artist at the 12th Edition of Stills of Peace

Colombian artist Alejandro Sánchez Suárez has been selected as a guest artist for the 12th edition of the international exhibition Stills of Peace and Everyday Life, taking place this year in Atri, Italy, from July 5 to September 7, 2025. His participation is part of the group exhibition Global FUTURE, held in the historic Cisterns and Halls of Palazzo Acquaviva, curated by Giovanna Dello Iacono and Francesco Paia.

Painting as Political Narrative

Born in Bogotá in 1981, Alejandro Sánchez develops most of his work through painting—not as a purely technical exercise, but as a critical and conceptual tool. On his canvases, neoliberalism, social tensions, economic inequality, and the collective memory of Latin America converge.

Sánchez’s work is marked by its ability to layer meaning without losing formal clarity. Viewers are confronted with materials that expose precariousness, while also encountering structures that allude to power. Within this duality—between the fragile and the symbolic—the artist offers a sharp reflection on development promises, consumption dynamics, and the impact of multinational corporations on the social and economic landscape of the region.

From Bogotá to Palazzo Acquaviva

In Stills of Peace, Sánchez’s work engages with the exhibition’s curatorial axis—a reflection on the global future through art—from a Latin American perspective grounded in ethics and politics. The Global FUTURE exhibition offers a critical vision of the present as a way to imagine new futures, and in this context, Sánchez’s painting emerges as a vital voice.

Art, Inequality, and Representation

Sánchez’s practice does not aim to “represent” Latin American reality, but rather to deconstruct it. Every stroke and object in his compositions points to the mechanisms of exclusion that are naturalized in the name of progress. His work critiques the aestheticization of poverty and the collective desire imposed as norm.

From the monumental halls of Palazzo Acquaviva, Sánchez’s art enters into a transnational dialogue where art not only questions who we are, but who we might become—if we were to listen to other voices.