Displaced: Contemporary Art from Colombia

6 October 2007 - 6 January 2008, Main Gallery, Room 1

Alberto Baraya, Milena Bonilla, Francois Bucher, Andrés Burbano, Johanna Calle, Carolina Caycedo, Wilson Díaz, Maria Elvira Escallón, Juan Fernando Herrán, Humberto Junca, Delcy Morelos, Oscar Muñoz, Nadín Ospina, José Alejandro Restrepo, Miguel Ángel Rojas

This is the first major exhibition of contemporary art practice from Colombia in the UK originated by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery.

This exciting exhibition features the work of 15 artists and includes photography, sculpture, video, painting, printmaking and installation. The exhibition shows the work of emerging and established artists who each return to themes of migration and notions of place within and across their diverse practices.

Exhibition film
A film about the Displaced exhibition is available to watch on YouTube via the underlined Displaced exhibition link.

In Colombian society and indeed globally, mass migration is arguably one of the most important phenomena in effecting social and cultural change. The constant movement of Colombia's people from one part of the country to another has a huge effect on the social and political structure and on people's everyday lives.

Mass migration occurs for various reasons such as violence between warring factions, political and social events, changes to natural resources and because people are searching for better standards of living. The huge changes this mass migration has on Colombian culture are touched on in different ways by all of the artists in this exhibition.

There will be a series of artists' talks and events to accompany this exhibition, for further information please contact the gallery.

Originated by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

With generous support from the Colombian Embassy, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá,
Visiting Arts, The Arts Council of Wales, Wales Arts International and Association of Friends
of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. Presented by Glynn Vivian Art Gallery as part of the Swansea
Festival of Music and the Arts.