Born in land sacred to the Muisca, at eleven thousand feet in the Guacheneque Páramo, the Bogotá River descends into the savanna as a small mountain stream, clear and immaculate. Flowing through wetlands once teeming with birdlife—ecological formations that filter and purify like a natural sponge— the river merges with a network of watercourses, all …
Sean Kelly is delighted to present RÍO, Ana González’s third exhibition with the gallery. Conceived as a metaphorical river, RÍO flows through cascades, forests, and tropical jungles. Employing textiles, painting, porcelain, and video the exhibition conjures memory, emotion, and material transformation. Informed by indigenous cultures and their relationship to the land, water, and forests …
Sean Kelly is delighted to present VERDES, Ana González’s first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. Through her artistic practice González captures the duality of the natural world – its fragile state due to humanity’s extraction of natural resources and the political and spiritual power inherent to it. Drawing upon the landscapes of her native Colombia, …
Nacido en tierra sagrada para los muisca, a once mil pies en el Páramo deGuacheneque, el Río Bogotá cae a la sabana como un pequeño arroyo de montaña,claro e inmaculado. Atravesando humedales antaño silvestres para las aves,formaciones ecológicas que se filtran y depuran como una esponja natural, el rio sefusiona con una serie de afluentes, …
Amazon Conservation Team Artist Ana Gonzalez, Cartier and the Amazon Conservation Team have undertaken a collaborative health and social project to strengthen indigenous communities in the Colombian Amazon. Gonzalez draws extensive inspiration from this region in her creative practice and has been driven to give back to the community in a positive manner. See more …
Sean Kelly, New York is delighted to present Bruma, Ana González’s first solo exhibition in New York. The paintings and tapestries on view in Bruma depict the flora and fauna of González’s native Colombia and represent the ecosystems under threat from industries seeking to exploit them for their natural resources. González’s practice opposes the disappearance …
Sean Kelly, New York se complace de presentar Bruma, la primera exhibición individual de Ana González en Nueva York. Las pinturas y tapices exhibidos en Bruma retratan la flora y fauna de Colombia, tierra natal de González y representan los ecosistemas amenazados por industrias que buscan la explotación de recursos naturales. González en su práctica …
When nature is perceived as a network, its vulnerability becomes apparent. Everything holds together. If one thread is pulled, the entire tapestry can unravel […]. Andrea Wulf, The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World See more Por: Ana Cárdenas Back
They say the world is changing… but they are not. They are still there, just as they were hundreds or even thousands of years ago. They observe us, undisturbed, perhaps with curiosity, although their gaze is really more of empathy and compassion. And we are there, in awe of a people who come from an …
An homage to the Misak culture of the Cauca Department in Colombia, “These drawings evoke the indigenous thought of the Misak, children of the downpour, children of water. In my conversations with them I have understood that they are the protectors of the paramos, of water, and they look after the mountain and the high-altitude …