Antonio Pichillá, predstavitev umetnika / Presentation of the artist

Predstavitev gvatemalskega umetnika Antonia Pichillája, ki se v MGLC Švicariji predstavlja z razstavo Daritev (18. 9. 2024–12. 1. 2025).

Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín (1982, San Pedro La Laguna, Sololá) je pripadnik majevske etnične skupine Tz'utujilov. Svojo formalno umetniško izobrazbo uporablja kot strategijo za spreminjanje evrocentričnega razumevanja majevske umetnosti. Umetnik izhaja iz kulturne zapuščine svojih prednikov in jo uporablja kot medij. Povezuje obrede in običaje, ki častijo majevsko kozmogonijo, s čimer razkriva sodobnost in aktualnost modrosti prednikov. V umetniški praksi uporablja naravne materiale, ki jih povezuje tkanina kot vodilna nit diskurza upora.

Kustosinja razstave: Yasmín Martín Vodopivec
Video: Gregor Gobec

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Presentation of the Guatemalan artist Antonio Pichillá, who is exhibiting at the MGLC Švicarija with the exhibition The Offering (18 Sep 2024–12 Jan 2025).

Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín (1982, San Pedro La Laguna, Sololá) belongs to the Maya Tz'utujil ethnic group. He uses his formal art training as a strategy to change the Eurocentric understanding of Maya art. The artist draws on the cultural heritage of his ancestors and uses it as a medium. He connects rituals and customs that honour the cosmogony of the Maya, demonstrating the contemporary relevance of their ancestral wisdom. In his art practice, he employs natural materials and combines them with fabric as the guiding thread of a discourse of resistance.

Curator of the exhibition: Yasmín Martín Vodopivec
Video: Gregor Gobec