ExhibitionOctober 18, 2019
Teresa Serrano presents her video Amapola at the Museo Universitario del Chopo
The Museo Universitario del Chopo ispresentsing—from 20 September to 8 December 2019, at the Arnold Belkin Gallery—Teresa Serrano's video Amapola (Poppy), a work that deals in a reflective and critical way with the policies associated with the war on drugs. This video piece honors the poppy flower as a natural element that has been corrupted, abused, and misused in the country's fields. In a gesture of resistance against this negative condition, she enriches it with a kinder imagery, enunciating a metaphor about the social emergency in Mexico.
This video piece is part of a series of works entitled "The Forgotten History of the First Drug War". The purpose is to represent "a symbolic resistance to the kidnapping of the beautiful poppy flower, which no longer grows freely in the Mexican countryside, but only in clandestine fields at the service of the drug trafficking network. These fields constitute a link in a chain of processes sustained by an extreme devaluation of human life, thus contravening any possibility of free growth and healthy development, not only of the flower, but also of individuals and communities," the art historian Karen Cordero has pointed out.
With the collaboration of musician Santiago Ojeda, Teresa Serrano interprets the song Amapola, by the Spanish composer José María Lacalle. The two and a half-minute video was finished in 2017. This is the first time it is being exhibited in a Mexican museum.
This artist deals with Mexico's social context and its relationship with societies in other countries, including issues such as migration, mobility, and gender violence. Other interests include women's work, family, and social environment.
This video was made by the artist with the sponsorship of Loop Art Fair and ArtNexus, and is available in an edition of fifteen pieces and two artist proofs.
This video piece is part of a series of works entitled "The Forgotten History of the First Drug War". The purpose is to represent "a symbolic resistance to the kidnapping of the beautiful poppy flower, which no longer grows freely in the Mexican countryside, but only in clandestine fields at the service of the drug trafficking network. These fields constitute a link in a chain of processes sustained by an extreme devaluation of human life, thus contravening any possibility of free growth and healthy development, not only of the flower, but also of individuals and communities," the art historian Karen Cordero has pointed out.
With the collaboration of musician Santiago Ojeda, Teresa Serrano interprets the song Amapola, by the Spanish composer José María Lacalle. The two and a half-minute video was finished in 2017. This is the first time it is being exhibited in a Mexican museum.
This artist deals with Mexico's social context and its relationship with societies in other countries, including issues such as migration, mobility, and gender violence. Other interests include women's work, family, and social environment.
This video was made by the artist with the sponsorship of Loop Art Fair and ArtNexus, and is available in an edition of fifteen pieces and two artist proofs.
