Representative work by Beatriz González
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Artist

Beatriz González

b. 1932, Bucaramanga, Colombia · Colombian

  • University of the Andes
  • National University of Colombia

Beatriz González transforms newspaper photographs, political imagery and reproductions of art history into flat, acidic paintings on canvas, furniture and domestic surfaces. Her practice has chronicled violence, public mourning and political spectacle in Colombia for more than six decades.

Painting; printmaking; furniture

Major Works

  • 1965Los suicidas del Sisga
  • 1968Apuntes para la historia extensa
  • 1981Decoración de interiores
  • 2007–09Auras anónimas
  • 1986Señor presidente, qué honor estar con usted en este momento histórico
  • 1997Las Delicias
  • 1992La pesca milagrosa
  • 1983Zócalo de la tragedia
  • 1960sVermeeriana
  • 1970sPictografías

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