Exposición Contrarrelatos en la colección MAMM
MAMM Collection

Counter-narratives in the MAMM Collection

More than 40 years ago, the last of the modern art museums in Colombia, the MAMM (1978), was founded. However, despite its late entry into the national and Latin American art scene, the vibrant atmosphere in which it began its work and its “avant-garde spirit” marked the inauguration of an important cultural hub in Medellín in the late 1970s.

From its inception, the Museum’s focus was on promoting and circulating contemporary artistic discourses and production, and it is only with the passage of time that its Collection has become visible enough to raise questions about the need to develop a long-term acquisition and expansion plan.

Calendar From 11 de October 2017 al 21 de April del 2019
Artists: Adolfo Bernal, Adriana Duque, Alberto Uribe, Alejandro Castaño, Álvaro Barrios, Álvaro Herazo, Álvaro Marín, Ana Claudia Múnera, Ana Cristina Vélez, Ana Mendieta, Aníbal Vallejo, Armando Salas Portugal, Beatriz Olano, Benjamín de la Calle, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Carlos Garaicoa, Carlos Rojas, Débora Arango, Diego Domínguez, Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar, Edwin Monsalve, Fabio González, Federico Londoño, Felipe Ehrenberg, Othello Anderson, Fernando Uhía, Fernell Franco, Francisco Londoño, Fredy Alzate, Fredy Serna, Germán Alonso García, Gustavo Zalamea, Hernando Tejada, Hugo Hernán Ceballos, Hugo Zapata, Iván Hurtado, Jill Enfield, John Mario Ortiz, Jorge Jaramillo, Jorge Ortiz, José Antonio Suárez Londoño, Juan Raúl Hoyos Julián Posada, Lorenzo Jaramillo, Luis Alfonso Ramírez, Luis González Palma, Luz Elena Castro, Manuel Hernández, Marco Tobón Mejía, Margarita Tamayo, María José Morales, María Soledad Londoño, María Teresa Cano, Marta Ramírez, Maryluz Álvarez, Mónica Negret, Olga de Amaral, Óscar Jaramillo, Patricia Bonilla, Rafael Echeverri, Roberto Páramo, Rodrigo Arenas Betancur, Santiago Uribe, Santiago Vélez, Saturnino Ramírez, Tulio Restrepo, and Walter Betancur

In this exhibition, rather than considering the artists and their works based on their careers, the aim is to recover and understand, within their context, the circumstances in which the collection emerged and the unique aspects of its compositional processes over 40 years.

The exhibition is structured around the notion of a “constellation,” and, as in its scientific sense, this involves the presentation of a series of conventional and open-ended groupings. These groupings are both arbitrary—since they do not constitute a single, universal interpretation—and dynamic—insofar as their relational positions are constantly changing thanks to the viewer, even if they appear unchanging.

In this sense, it is important to emphasize that the exhibition will offer visitors an encounter with several nuclei rather than a single center. These nuclei are not presented as having hierarchical relationships; on the contrary, non-linear narratives, outside of chronological order, are emphasized.

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Exposición en la sala del MAMM
Obra de la exposición Contrarrelatos en la colección MAMM

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