The Lázaro Galdiano Museum presents 'Amazonía Contemporánea,' featuring a significant collection of contemporary art from the Peruvian Amazon. This exhibition brings together over 80 pieces by 30 artists, offering a unique journey through the region's artistic landscape. Discover how indigenous and urban productions merge, exploring themes of nature, creativity, and cultural identity across various compelling mediums.
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This exhibition showcases over 80 pieces by 30 artists from the Peruvian Amazon, offering a comprehensive look at the region's contemporary art scene. It highlights the historical development of Amazonian art, blending indigenous and urban production across various mediums.
The Museo Lázaro Galdiano presents 'Amazonía Contemporánea. Colección Hochschild Correa - Perú,' featuring the most extensive collection of contemporary art from the Peruvian Amazon in Madrid. Curated by Christian Bendayán and Luis Pérez Oramas, the exhibition emphasizes that contemporary Amazonian art possesses its own distinct history. The show displays over 80 pieces by 30 artists, encompassing both indigenous and urban productions, to reveal a fascinating and often overlooked world where nature, creativity, and tradition converge. The artworks span diverse mediums including painted and embroidered textiles, ceramics, masks, paintings, collages, photographs, and pieces made on tree bark. This exhibition delves into the unique cosmocentric societies of the Amazon, where natural and spiritual realms intertwine, showcasing the evolving artistic expressions that testify to the diverse universes and historical narratives defining this territory.
Free guided tours are available every Friday and Sunday, starting at 6 PM and 12 PM respectively, from February 7 to April 6. Additional tours are offered on Wednesdays, March 12, 19, 26, and April 2, at 6 PM. Booking for these tours is required. A related children's ceramic workshop is also mentioned, but is fully booked.
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