The Atlas of Andean Modernism is a research project that explores the historical narratives on the modernisms that emerged in the Andean region. It consists of the chronological organization of images of works that have been used to illustrate panoramic publications on modern art in the region. When seen unfolded, one can read certain movements that run through the art production, one can see the changes in the sensibilities of its artists over time and generational change, and, with a little attention, one can look beyond the categorization and structuring to which most historical narratives tend to find the heterogeneity, the contradictions and the utopian potential of cultural production.

The complete project compiles more than 5 thousand images and covers 2 centuries of artistic production. Here is a small fragment that includes the decades between 1860 and 1970. The Atlas of Andean Modernism was made possible thanks to an artistic research grant from MoMA’s Cisneros Institute. Part of the project was developed during a residency at the Delfina Foundation in London sponsored by Artus. The presentation of the Atlas of Andean Modernism at Q Gallery is part of the Arte + Activismos meeting, organized by Giulianna Zambrano, professor at COCISOH, and Anamaría Garzón Mantilla, professor at COCOA. This year Arte + Activismos is dedicated to the inquiry and exploration of artistic research methods that propose radical ways of linking language and translation; nature and expedition; and the archive and the contemporary perspective.

Source: https://qgaleria.com/atlas-del-modernismo-andino/