Casa Zirio’s proposal for ZONA MACO brings together the practices of Evelyn Tovar (Colombia) and Jorge Mayet(Cuba) in a dialogue centered on the fragility of images, memory, and the symbolic relationship with nature. Through gold-leaf paintings and sculptural works made from modest materials, both artists approach the landscape as a territory shaped by history, spirituality, […]
The powerful narrative, woven from the local and global stories of contemporary artists Javier Vanegas, Germán Botero, Juan de Dios Vargas, Jorge Mayet, Mariana Varela, and Mario Vélez, unfolds across the intricate spectrum of territorial behaviors. In their works, the landscape is revealed as territory—not merely as physical geography, but as a symbolic stage where […]
Mariana Varela studied Fine Arts at the National University in Bogotá, Colombia. She is considered one of the greatest exponents of drawing in Colombia. Her artistic practice explores the transformation of the landscape and the impact caused by human beings. Varela’s work explores the notion of what we understand as nature, not to save it […]
Mario Vélez studied Fine Arts at the National University of Colombia in Medellín. In 1992, he traveled to Vienna, where he studied drawing at the University of Fine Arts, and he then returned home to finalize his studies and earn his degree in Fine Arts. After graduating in 1995, he moved to Germany and completed […]
