Turbay y Camacho Leyva (Turbay and Camacho Leyva)
Beatriz González
Colombian, 1938–2026
1980
Beatriz González rendered in pencil a spare study of two men exchanging a small object, aiming to strip a public or political moment down to its human gesture.
What strikes you is the almost spectral economy of pale graphite—delicate contours floating in a vast white field so that the tiny hand-to-hand transfer becomes the drawing's emotional and visual focus.
By reducing headline events to modest, intimate line drawings, González challenged sensational imagery and helped forge a socially engaged vernacular in Latin American art that made politics legible through everyday gestures.
Medium
Pencil on paper
Dimensions
13 3/4 x 17 3/8" (34.9 x 44.1 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Accession
9.2010.11
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