Y el amor--

Critical texts and catalogues on several pieces of art by New York-based artist Luis Roldán, (b. Colombia1955) presented in a portfolio of 4 "segments" depicting his series composed of paintings, drawings, and collages (with paper, threads and textile cuts), constructed from waste and residues fragments found in his house and in the streets of Bogotá and New York and that represent his "intimate archaeological explorations" rescued to represent the vital space and identity of the brutal movement of contemporary society.

The present exhibition organized in commemoration of the Bicentennial of the Independence 1810-1822 and examines the use of the word and image in the battle for American Independence. One of the main achievements of Independence put into circulation was a set of ideas and language that the possibility of a different social order in imagery and word. With Independence there was a shift from loyalty to the king to Independence, it was necessary to define who and how to govern, to produce a new legitimacy and thus a different language and imagery with which one could say and understand the new...