Art and Culture

I want to dedicate this first commentary about Colombian arts and culture to one of my favorite artists, Maripaz Jaramillo.
She has created an aesthetic created by characters who inhabit a libidinous universe composed by sordidness and sensuality. This aesthetic constitutes the lenses to understand the beauty and strength of woman and relationships. Her women are fascinating, complex, full of live and sensuality. She depicts the double morality of society without any prejudices and with more understanding. This is a time when woman and love become free.

In her political work, she shows the power of women. The interesting thing is that she does not do it as a feminist. Her women are powerful and do not deny their femininity. They are voluptuous, whimsical, playful, dominant, vulnerable and sensitive.

Maripaz Jaramillo was born in Manizales in 1948, a beautiful city in the coffee area of Colombia. In 1967 Moved to London to study fashion design. In 1973 she returns to Colombia and study fine arts at the Andes University. Maripaz begins her career during the 70's, a decade that brings a moral and religious transformation within the Colombian society.

Her aesthetic is faithful to what she is and believes in, beyond trends and clichés. Her work has been exhibited in many galleries all over the world.
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