Experience Eulogia Merle's 'Cama adentro' exhibition at Madrid's Museo de América. This impactful show confronts the invisible labor and historical inequalities faced by migrant domestic workers through compelling art and personal narratives. Curated by Manuela Otero, the exhibition challenges societal silence, giving voice to marginalized women and engaging with the museum's resonant colonial history.
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"Cama adentro" is a temporary exhibition by Argentine artist Eulogia Merle, curated by Manuela Otero, which aims to bring to light the invisible labor and historical inequalities faced by migrant domestic workers. The exhibition uses Merle's personal experiences and portraits to confront societal silence and reclaim a recognized space for these often-marginalized women.
The exhibition "Cama adentro," curated by Manuela Otero, centers on the work of Argentine artist Eulogia Merle and addresses the often-unseen relationships and labor that sustain society while perpetuating historical inequalities. It specifically highlights the experiences of migrant women working as live-in domestic staff, a role increasingly filled by Latin American women in Spain. The exhibition seeks to disrupt the silence surrounding these women, whose bodies embody a complex intersection of domesticity, affection, and the legacies of colonialism that contemporary society often avoids confronting. The show is presented within the Museo de América in Madrid, a space resonant with colonial history, creating a deliberate and tense dialogue with the institution. Through Merle's deeply personal work, which stems from her own childhood experience with Juliana Díaz, a migrant caregiver from Chaco, Argentina, the exhibition explores themes of affection, inequality, dependence, and care. Following Juliana's death, Merle recognized herself as the heir to a legacy, finding in art a means to express gratitude, heal, and acknowledge these unacknowledged contributions. The exhibition features Merle's series of portraits of Juliana, alongside other works that intertwine memory and myth, political biography, and domestic friction, all in an effort to give presence to those systematically relegated to the margins.
The exhibition "Cama adentro" is included in the general admission to the Museo de América's permanent collection. Visitors can download a guide for the exhibition.
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