"Chimera" Wilson Díaz

From April 29 to August 13, 2017, the Museo Tamayo presents the exhibition titled "Chimera" by Colombian artist Wilson Díaz (Pitalito, 1963). Wilson Díaz has developed his work through the observation of sociopolitical, economic, and historic situations in his country and the use of found elements and images as well as reenactments that generate a singular poetic of the real. To create his works, Díaz relies on forms of visual communication and the connections between individuals and communities. He appropriates advertising strategies (from newspapers and urban signage) and reuses them in an often humorous artistic approach. Wilson Díaz employs several mediums of representation, including music, performance, drawing, painting, video, and photography. In this manner, "Chimera" is formed by objects from a collection that Díaz has been compiling since 2008 sourced from media propaganda created by a sector of the population with a direct impact on the historic processes in Colombia. The central element of the exhibition, the series of vinyl records recorded at 33, 45, and 78 revolutions per minute stands out for its content and very marked ideological origins. The show also includes a group of painting with the dimensions of album covers. Through the repetition of forms, Díaz performs with his own work the same process of recirculation and appropriation of images, in a reflective exercise that is a constant part of his artistic practice.