Daughters of the Water: Embroidered Portraits of Indigenous Communities at Santa Clara Museum

The exhibition "Daughters of the Water" at the Santa Clara Museum in Bogotá presents 32 portraits of indigenous women, men, and children from Colombian territories isolated by five decades of armed conflict. Plastic artist Ana González intervenes photographs by Ruven Afanador with embroidery, fabric, texts, and drawings to honor ancestral customs of the Arhuaca (Sierra Nevada, Santa Marta), Wayuu (Guajira), Guna-Dule (Urabá, Antioquia), and Misak (Silvia, Cauca Valley) communities. The venue, a former 17th-18th century church and female Catholic convent, creates a dialogue between colonial religious iconography and the tradition of enclosed nuns. The exhibition reflects on the bond between indigenous communities and nature, particularly water preservation. It runs until September 16, 2018.