Exhibition “Graphopolis Between Two Centuries: Art Doesn't Stop” opened at the GAN

Published at: 17/07/2024 09:59 AM

As part of the Venezuela International Book Fair 2024 (FILVEN), the exhibition and the naming of the book “Graphopolis Between Two Centuries: Art Does Not Stop” opened in the spaces of the National Art Gallery (GAN).

According to information from the Ministry for Culture, the curator of the exhibition, Félix Hernández, indicated that “in this exhibition you can observe the predominance of abstract art. The exhibition does not pursue a unified aesthetic, on the contrary, each artist expresses himself in his own way under the concept of an exhibition platform”.

In the exhibition you can see works by the original Gratópolis group, such as Yrina Gutiérrez, Reddy González, Enrique Camarinha, Antonio Castillo, Pasión Morales, Hugo Mariño and Manuel Matheus.

The group stated that this exhibition and the book were a tribute to Luis Galíndez, who sadly died recently. Galíndez stood out as one of the main spokespersons of the Congress of Culture, in its two editions held.

The Grafópolis group was created in 1985 in the heat of the vindictive struggles that took place at the institution where its members studied, the Cristóbal Rojas School of Visual Arts, where a historic crisis had been taking place, which generated in its members an act of conscience and organization to defend their ideals.

MINCULTURA PRESS/Mazo News Team