SANDRA GAMARRA OPENS EXHIBITION IN MADRID , AT SALA ALCALÁ 31

17/09/2021

The exhibition “Buen Gobierno” by artist Sandra Gamarra opens this Tuesday (9/21) in Madrid, Spain, at Sala Alcalá 21.

In the show, curated by Agustín Pérez Rubio, artist Sandra Gamarra points out how the origins of the Latin American nations is intimately linked to the birth of Spain itself, using painting as the narrator of history. The title “Buen Gobierno” comes from the manuscript of the Primera Crónica y Buen Gobierno, written in 1615 by Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala, which portrays the colonial Andean reality and requests the King of Spain, Felipe III, a reform of the viceroyalty govern to save the Andean people from exploitation, disease and racial miscegenation, synonymous of the indigenous culture disappearance.

The exhibition remains open until January 16th. More information on https://www.comunidad.madrid/activos/2021/exposicion-buen-gobierno-sandra-gamarra-heshiki