Juan Javier Salazar

Salazar reworks with irony some elements belonging to the urban popular culture in Peru. His work includes diverse formats and actions in the public space. It encompasses handmade production of utilitarian objects and manufacture of ready-mades using precarious materials to express sarcastic remarks about social frameworks that are stuck according to his point of view. His work includes an ingenious common narrative that entwines the history of a place and myth in a hilarious way. Salazar has been invited to be part of the MDE15, halfway between a vendor and a popular character, by performing various interventions in spaces such as hairdressers, cafes, squares and streets of Medellín. The results of his interventions will be displayed at the rooms of the museum along with a mural where, by way of a micro retrospective, the artist will summarize his 50 grandes no-éxitos (50 Great Non-Successes).