Vitrina VII (Comunero / Campesino / Comunista / Izquierdista / Extranjero)
Vitrine VII ("Comunero" / Peasant / Comunist / Leftist / Foreign)
2018
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All of Sandra Gamarra's figures carry semantic indicators, such as indigenous, Amerindian, Andean, inferior, savage, archaic, tribal, barbarian, coloured, commoner, peasant, communist, leftist, foreigner.... In making her pieces, the artist pictorially replicates works from pre-Columbian collections in various Spanish museums. For the qualifying terms she assigns to each object, she plunders the descriptions by which the figure of the ‘other’ has been historically defined. An ‘other’ constructed by European ethnocentrism, which sees every inhabitant of non-Western geographies as a savage and, therefore, susceptible to being organised, developed, made to progress, taken advantage of and exploited. An ‘other’ with reddish skin that the European imaginary often associates, totally fallaciously, with the Marxist tradition and the thinking of the Western left. Reproducing the supposedly neutral sterility of the museum showcase, Gamarra critiques a conception of the world that has been imposed as being unique and superior, and which still underpins migration policies, the organisation of work, the use of natural resources and some art exhibitions criteria.

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original title
Vitrina VII (Comunero / Campesino / Comunista / Izquierdista / Extranjero)
year of acquisition
2019
type of object
Installation
dimensions
8 paintings of various dimensions. Total size: 127 x 40 x 180 cm
Copyright
© Sandra Gamarra, VEGAP, Barcelona
registration number
R.5783
date
2018
fonds
MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
media
Painting on methacrylate
credits
MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
original title
Vitrina VII (Comunero / Campesino / Comunista / Izquierdista / Extranjero)
registration number
R.5783
date
2018
year of acquisition
2019
fonds
MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
type of object
Installation
media
Painting on methacrylate
dimensions
8 paintings of various dimensions. Total size: 127 x 40 x 180 cm
credits
MACBA Collection. MACBA Foundation
Copyright
© Sandra Gamarra, VEGAP, Barcelona
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