ART NOW

Exploring the theme of experience in Art with a focus in interactive installations.

Andres Bedoya, Ultra Madre, 2011. Museo Nacional de Arte in La Paz, Bolivia

Andres Bedoya’s performance installation Ultra Madre was originally presented at the Museo Nacional de Arte in La Paz, Bolivia, in 2009. Born of private mourning, the piece ultimately speaks of loss as a collective experience.

Installed within the main arch of the museum’s patio, a steel and wood scaffold holding 57 women disrupted its architecture physically and functionally. For approximately one hour, participating women lay still with their long hair cascading down the 15-foot structure. In stark contrast to the hardness of the building, the body appeared soft, impermanent, and ephemeral.

(Source: abronsartscenter.org)