Between Wars
Beatriz González
Colombian, 1938–2026
1992
An oil on canvas in which Beatriz González sets two stylized, back-to-back figures—one holding a luminous green drum—against a theatrical, twilight stage to suggest a quiet, fraught moment “between wars.”
Flat, saturated colors and heavy curtains frame a teal stage and a thin yellow horizon while the neon-green circle of the drum and the simplified brown bodies create a hush of tension and ritualized stillness.
Working within Latin American modernism and a practice of political memory, González turns national conflict into intimate, symbolic tableau, showing how everyday gestures and objects can hold historical and emotional weight.
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
59 × 59" (149.9 × 149.9 cm)
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Credit
Acquired through the generosity of Ramiro Ortiz Mayorga and the Latin American and Caribbean Fund
Accession
426.2024
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