The V Biennial of the South “People in Resistance” took the streets of Maracay - Últimas Noticias
#Aragua 47 national and 26 international artists participate in the event where this year they reflect on climate change The V Biennial of the South opened in Maracay, Venezuela, on Saturday night. The event showcased various currents of visual arts, such as painting, sculpture, video art, textile art, photography, performance and assembly. The aim of the Biennial is to make visible the artistic expressions that accompany the peoples who remain in resistance against the civilizational model imposed in the world, generating awareness in the community regarding the crisis created by climate change. The opening ceremony was attended by 16 artists, including Annie Vázquez, Natalia Rondón, Hugo Caldas and Miguel Uzcátegui. The Biennial programming will cover around 80 sociocultural activities, while the work of the artists can be enjoyed by the Aragüeño people.
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With the presentation of various currents of visual arts, such as: painting, sculpture, video art, textile art, photography, performance and assembly, this Saturday night the V Biennial of the South “Pueblos en Resistencia” was inaugurated, in the spaces on the Pérez Almarza Boulevard in Maracay.
Under the motto “Street, Memory, Hope”, the maximum visual arts event in Venezuela took to the streets of the Aragüeña capital, where 47 national and 26 international artists from Argentina, Cuba, Colombia, Iraq, Italy, Peru, Mexico , the United States, Spain, Tunisia, Egypt and Nepal, will exhibit their works until December 15.
The inauguration of the event was led by the Minister of Popular Power for Culture, Ernesto Villegas; accompanied by the mayor of the Girardot municipality, Rafael Morales, among other regional authorities.
Villegas highlighted that the objective of the Biennial is to make visible the artistic expressions that accompany the peoples who remain in resistance against the civilizational model that is imposed in the world, generating awareness in the community regarding the crisis created by climate change.
He pointed out that this was the reason for choosing the cities of Las Tejerías and Maracay as venues for the Biennial, since both have become symbols of resistance, recovering from the onslaught of nature caused by climate change.
He commented that the Biennial has a very special meaning, because it opens a gap in the attention of the citizens of the world regarding the art manifestations that occur in Venezuela.
“Here today we have seen the master Mario Abreu alive in some children who have been recreating his work, this is very important because it contributes to our identity and tells the world that this is a country with living artistic and cultural dynamics,” he emphasized.
Likewise, he pointed out that the Biennial allows us to connect with artistic proposals from other parts of the world and, in turn, to learn about the existence of a living artistic discourse in Venezuela, with its own particularities, which reaffirms us in our identity and vital existence as a nation that finds in art a form of recognition.
The representative of the Culture Ministry also recalled that this edition of the Biennial pays tribute to the people of Peru, within the framework of the Bicentennial of the Naval Battle of the Lake, where the independence of Venezuela was consolidated.
Likewise, Villegas made a proposal to the Girardot Municipal Council, so that the possibility of changing the name of Bulevar Pérez Almarza to that of the Venezuelan plastic artist Mario Abreu be submitted to public consultation.
“Our artists have nothing to envy of any artist in the world, that is why today they receive the loving embrace of the Venezuelan people,” commented Villegas.
More than 80 sociocultural activities will be developed during the Biennial
Minister Villegas recalled that the Biennial programming will cover around 80 sociocultural activities and 26 sociocultural training actions, while the work of the artists can be enjoyed by the Aragüeño people in different formats such as billboards, murals, banners, posters, posters. , videos performance sculpture installations, among others.
Maracay is filled with art and color
Prior to the opening of the Biennial, on Saturday morning the exhibition “Huellas del Sur” opened its doors to the public in Maracay, within the framework of the bicentennial of Bolívar's entry into the city of Lima-Peru, which takes place in the spaces of the Mario Abreu Museum, with the participation of 16 artists, including Annie Vázquez, Natalia Rondón, Hugo Mariño, José Caldas and Miguel Uzcátegui.
During the activity, Mary Pemjean, Vice Minister of Popular Power for Culture, explained that the Mario Abreu Museum was divided into two continuous rooms, with a first space where the samples of cartoonists were located in honor of the teacher Lara Edgar Sánchez, who was considered a renovator of painting and his teachings.
While in the second room there was the central exhibition called 'Footprints of the South'.
Likewise, in the afternoon the inauguration of the Collective Exhibition of Aragua Artists took place, in the Municipal Art Gallery of the Girardot mayor's office, where the public will be able to see samples of painting, sculpture, ceramics, graphics, photography and performance.
It is worth noting that both art samples will continue to be installed throughout the entire programming of the V Biennial of the South, to the delight of the Maracayeros.
Artists offered their impressions about the Biennial
“I am participating in the Biennial with two works on the topic of climate change, as a tribute to the victims of the tragedies of Las Tejerías and El Castaño. With our works we are calling for reflection, and to work together to avoid contaminating the environment, this is not a government problem, it is everyone's business."
“I appreciate the possibility of bringing my works to Latin America for the first time. I thank the organizers of the Biennial for the invitation, I am very happy to be here.”
“The character of this event is wonderful, because the artists take their work to the streets, and the works are presented in large formats so that they can be visible to everyone.”
“In my work I capture the exaltation of urban trees for the environmental health of our cities. I have seen here in Maracay how the population has shown great receptivity, we are humanizing this public space, giving it added value through art. I had never had a similar experience, I am very happy.”