“The idea of taking images from everyday reality runs through my whole career,” says González. These works contain two different images taken from current events of the time, which have been printed and repeated to resemble a frieze. Zócalo de la comedia (Basebord of Comedy) shows Colombian President Julio César Turbay Ayala bestowing a state honor during the final days of his presidency, while Zócalo de la tragedia (Basebord of Tragedy) is based on the news image of a man who killed his friend's girlfriend then died by suicide. González made these works in collaboration with a popular print workshop, and originally pasted them across the city of Bogotá.
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Beatriz González
Colombian, 1938–2026 33 works onlineHer career unfolded amid social and political turbulence following the 10-year period known as La Violencia (1948–58) in her native Colombia.
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