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Jorge Mario Munera...
...black and white prints, is far from Hollywood’s rendering of a country ruled by the decadence of warring drug lords. The collection includes prints of a boy bathing, a pair of old platform shoes, a hospital room and a band from the Fiesta de San Pedro Munera, which together create an illuminating dialogue with his homeland...
After the DRCLAS’s Director of Publication June C. Erlick encouraged the thoughtful and unassuming Munera to submit his portfolio last year, he was selected over more than 100 other contestants in the Art Forum competition. Falconi commented in his gallery talk that the strength of the material made assembling the exhibition easy...
...both taking and exhibiting his photographs, Munera aims to encourage people to come out of the solitude caused by recent political events in Colombia. He seeks to recreate eroded public space in which Colombians as well as foreigners may see the true spirit of a country that has otherwise become invisible...
...display communicate a clear political message at once deeply rooted in Colombia and applicable worldwide. A series of prints entitled “Recyclers, Cartucho St.” captures individuals rising like pillars from the poverty and violence that surround them. In the text alongside these pictures, Munera explains that just months after he produced the prints, his subjects—victims of an armed conflict in the country—were expelled from their street. The event coincided with the ascension to power of Alvaro Uribe Velez, the current president of Colombia...