The MDE15 works, selected by the artists to be exhibited in the conventional showrooms, will be set in the rooms of the Museo de Antioquia and its Casa del Encuentro (Meeting House), and the Casa de la Música de EPM (EPM Music House) located in the Parque de los Deseos (Park of Wishes). The MDE15 will also include some fleeting works made in different public spaces of the city.
The artists invited by the MDE15 under these two categories, alphabetically listed:
Santiago Vélez
Colombia
There are international estimates of around 190 million immigrants world wide. There are no reliable statistics about the number of immigrants that arrive in their new homes by way of human trafficking, but nevertheless human trafficking generates billions of dollars every year. It is a business that involves directly and indirectly all segments of society, and for that reason it is difficult to find concrete information about it. Water is a fundamental element in the work of Santiago Vélez. It is essential for life and it functions as both a limit and a vehicle. In the ecologicial sense the artist questions the relationship between human beings and this element. In the Northeast part…
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Sislej Xhafa
Kosova
Xhafa is known for works that could be described as “actions” or conceptual strategies which challenge cultural stereotypes, preconceived prejudices and institutional structures. Often exploring the modes through which contemporary society functions, he investigates social, economic and political realities to ultimately critique consumerism and its driving mechanisms. The artist once stated: “Reality is stronger than art. As an artist I do not want to reflect a reality but I do want to question it. My social upbringing does not embrace rational linear actions. I approach the world and life with primal instinctive behaviour”. For MDE15 Xhafa presents a new commission, Cartacable (Letter Cable). The work is an immediate reaction to his first meeting with Medellin, an…
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