Vías Alternas: Violencia, Mujeres y Arte (Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art)

The exhibition Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Women and Art has arrived in Mexico-after being exhibited in Oslo, Norway, and in California, in the U.S.-and is at the Galería Sur of the Museo Universitario del Chopo. The exhibition denounces the violence and sexual exploitation against women and girls committed all over the world, without regard for social class or religious beliefs. It poses questions and attempts to generate awareness, as it also develops cultural programs of prevention, protection, and assistance for the victims. The exhibition is curated by Randy Rosenberg, executive director at Art Works for Change, a non-profit organization that organizes contemporary art exhibitions centered on social and environmental themes. "The stories that support each of the selected pieces, reveal the moment in which the violence takes place and let us recognize it. Without falling into sentimentalisms, the artists were asked to create new representations that could help others feel and understand the essence of this problem,¿ Rosenberg explained. The exhibition includes works by 34 artists from France, Japan, Israel, England, Poland, Palestine, Portugal, the United States, Egypt, Mexico, and China, among others. They created works that educate, inspire, and promote values like respect, while they also offer a critical point of view through their particular visual languages. Some of the artists that participate in the exhibition are: Yoko Ono (Japan), Susan Plum (Mexico), Mona Hatoum (Palestine), Miwa Yanagi (Japan), Marina Abramovic (Yugoslavia), Maimuna Galgano (Pakistan), Louise Bourgeois (France), Lise Bjorne Linnert (Norway), Joyce J.Scott (United States), and Icelandic Love Corporation (Iceland).