Abuela Santana ¿porqué llora el niño?, 2018

The artwork pledge

• NO POVERTY
• ZERO HUNGER
• GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
• QUALITY EDUCATION
• GENDER EQUALITY
• CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION
• REDUCED INEQUALITIES
• CLIMATE ACTION
• LIFE BELOW WATER
• LIFE ON LAND
• PEACE, JUSTICE, AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS

Tags

• Afro-Colombians
• Amazon Rainforest
• Anthropocene
• Berlin
• Biodiversity
• Colombia
• Colonialism
• Death
• Environmental Justice
• Everyday Life
• Extractivism
• Figurative
• Germany
• Global Warming
• Indigenous Peoples
• Landscape
• Latin America
• Lima
• Mixed Media
• Motherhood
• Mourning
• Paul Gauguin
• Peru
• Power Structure
• Ritual
• Social
• Suzanne Simard
• Urban

About this artwork

On an otherwise black and white photograph, three figures glow in color below an umbrella. Behind them stands a shed, with its parts including fencing, chicken wire, spare wooden panneling, and metal roofing sheets. The two adult beings shine a blue color, speckled with yellow spots, while the infant carried in their father’s arms radiates a neon yellow. These people, living precariously, stand outside, showing the dreadful reality of some areas in artist Adriana Ciudad’s native Peru. Communities still live in unstable conditions, with no safety net or guarantee that their own lives are safe tomorrow.

More artworks by Adriana Ciudad

• Adriana Ciudad A la orilla de la corriente, 2018 Crisis $1,800
• Adriana Ciudad A la tierra del olvido, 2018 Crisis $7,000
• Adriana Ciudad A veinte soles de distancia #4, 2016 Crisis $1,200
• Adriana Ciudad A veinte soles de distancia #5, 2016 Crisis $1,200

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