Cantos cuentos colombianos

The present exhibition organized in commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Independence 1810-1822 and examines the use of the word and image in the battle for American Independence. One of the main achievements of Independence put into circulation was a set of ideas and language that the possibility of a different social order in imagery and word. With Independence there was a shift from loyalty to the king to Independence, it was necessary to define who and how to govern, to produce a new legitimacy and thus a different language and imagery with which one could say and understand the new...

The book examines the outstanding characteristics of the artistic production of artist Lucy Tejada Saenz (b. Colombia 1920) during the 1950's. These texts written for her individual exhibitions or highlighting her participation in collective competitions, represent formal interpretations of the "feminine" condition of her art and the formal and conceptual transformations of the work produced during this period.

"Centers exclusively on techniques of painting and printmaking as practiced by the artists in Antioquia. The historic framework ranges from colonial times to mid-20th century. Londoño's study differs from the traditional, centralist perspective of Bogotá's critics. Well documented, this work received a Colcultura award"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.