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Autorretrato desnuda llorando

© 1997 Beatriz González

Autorretrato desnuda llorando
Autorretrato desnuda llorando
ArtistColombian, 1932–2026
CultureColombian
Titles
  • Autorretrato desnuda llorando
  • Self-portrait Nude, Crying
Date1997
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 63 3/8 × 17 11/16 in. (161 × 45 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment
Object number2020.154
Not on view

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ProvenanceThe artist; purchased by MFAH, 2020.

Exhibition History"Las Delicias," Galería Garcés Velasquez, Bogotá, 1997.

"Señor presidente, qué honor estar con usted en este momento histórico," Museo del Barrio, New York, 1998.

Dolores Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia; Galería de La Oficina, Medellin, Colombia; Museo de Arte Moderno de Bucaramanga, Colombia; Museo de Arte Moderno de Barranquilla, Colombia, 2000.

"Beatriz González en la Tertulia," Museo de la Tertulia, Cali, Colombia, 2000.

"Beatriz González La Comedia y la Tragedia," Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Colombia, 2011.

"Beatriz González: El segundo original," Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, 2015; Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia, 2016.

"Beatriz González 1965–2017," CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, France; Palacio Velázquez Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; KW Instituto de Arte Contemporáneo, Berlin, 2017–2018.

"Beatriz González: A Retrospective," Pérez Art Museum Miami, April 18–September 1, 2019; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 26, 2019–January 20, 2020; Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia, Bogotá, August 27–December 8, 2020.
Published References Below is a list of articles and exhibition catalogs which focus on Beatriz González’s practice. Those marked at the end with (*) denote the ones in which Autorretrato desnuda llorando is included. Mari C. Ramírez, Tobias Ostrander, de L. C. Ponce, G G. Sánchez. Beatriz González: A Retrospective.Miami, Florida: Pérez Art Museum 2019. * Maria Acaso, and Beatriz González. Beatriz González, 1965-2017. Bordeaux: CAPC Bordeaux, 2017. * Paula Bossa, and José Ruiz. Beatriz González: Reiteraciones (1981-2015).Bogotá: La Oficina del Doctor – Casas Riegner, 2016. Mark Rappolt. “Other People and Their Ideas: Beatriz González.” Art Review, January February, 2016. María Paulina Ortiz. “De la sonrisa al dolor.” Bocas, September, 2016. González, Beatriz, Alberto E. Sierra, and Mary J. Valencia. Beatriz González: La Comedia Y La Tragedia: Retrospectiva 1948-2010. Medellín: Museo de Arte Moderno, 2012. * María Margarita Malagón-Kurka. El arte como presencia indéxica: la obra de tres artistas colombianos en tiempos de violencia: Beatriz González, Oscar Muñoz y Doris Salcedo en la década de los noventa. Bogotá: Ediciones Uniandes, 2010. Cotter, Holland, et al. Beatriz González. Villegas Editores, 2005. * Carmen María Jaramillo. Otras Miradas. Bogotá: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Colombia, 2004. Marta Calderón. Beatriz González. Obra gráfica. San Juan: Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto Río de Piedras, 2004. Dolores. Obra reciente. Bogotá: Fondo cultural cafetero, 2001. Miguel González. Beatriz González. Cali: Museo de Arte Moderno La Tertulia, 2000.* Álvaro Medina. El arte y la violencia en la era del narcotráfico. Bogotá: Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, 1999. Carolina Ponce de León. Beatriz González: What An Honor To Be With You In This Historic Moment. New York: Museo del Barrio, 1998. * Holland Cotter. “A Wry Defiance Against Garish Colors and Tabloid Dramas.” The New York Times, September 4, 1998.
Catalogue raisonnéhttps://bga.uniandes.edu.co/catalogo/

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