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Genesis by Juan Brenner
08/03/2023 - 15/04/2023
Tobe Gallery
Bródy Sándor u. 36
1088 Budapest
www.tobegallery.hu
For the last 5 years, most of my work has been focused on understanding the complex phenomena pertaining to a very particular and important territory known as the Guatemalan Highlands.
Starting from the Spanish invasion of Guatemala in the 16th century and its repercussions, then going through the imposed obscurantism that subdued and crushed the local reigns and finally a new colonial system that shifted the power balance in favour of the invaders, I’ve been garnering many ideas that have become key ingredients in my subject of research.
It is important to denote that the local timeline is unaligned with the norm of progress dictated by the socio-economic and technological epicentre of the world, and despite the fact that the Mayan post-war generation in the Guatemalan highlands reached a turning point, defined by economic leverage, I am more interested in how the current generation is developing a new set of cultural assets imbued with their local traditions along with more global narratives and aesthetics.
08/03/2023 - 15/04/2023
Tobe Gallery
Bródy Sándor u. 36
1088 Budapest
www.tobegallery.hu
For the last 5 years, most of my work has been focused on understanding the complex phenomena pertaining to a very particular and important territory known as the Guatemalan Highlands.
Starting from the Spanish invasion of Guatemala in the 16th century and its repercussions, then going through the imposed obscurantism that subdued and crushed the local reigns and finally a new colonial system that shifted the power balance in favour of the invaders, I’ve been garnering many ideas that have become key ingredients in my subject of research.
It is important to denote that the local timeline is unaligned with the norm of progress dictated by the socio-economic and technological epicentre of the world, and despite the fact that the Mayan post-war generation in the Guatemalan highlands reached a turning point, defined by economic leverage, I am more interested in how the current generation is developing a new set of cultural assets imbued with their local traditions along with more global narratives and aesthetics.