Santiago Montoya Studio

Santiago Montoya Studio Contemporary Colombian artist Santiago Montoya explores the notion of value throughout history.

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11/06/2020

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10/06/2020

En El Dorado reunimos artistas de distintas generaciones y trayectorias. Lo que tienen en común es la seriedad de su trabajo, su compromiso y labor crítica. A partir de este jueves comenzaremos una serie de conversatorios quincenales en los que podrás conocerlos y participar en conversaciones temáticas. Nuestros primeros invitados son Julieth Morales y Santiago Montoya. Estarán conversando sobre el proyecto nacional colombiano, los desplazamientos familiares, los símbolos nacionales y su relación con lo popular y mucho más.

Puedes unirte a la conversación este jueves 8 de octubre a las 6PM (COL🇨🇴 ), 7PM (MIA🇺🇸) o 8PM (CHL🇨🇱) a través de nuestro Facebook Live o asistir directamente a la sesión de Zoom solicitando el enlace al correo [email protected]

¡Te esperamos!

Contrary to common belief, Colombia is a country without landscapes. The country might be plagued by riveting natural sc...
09/26/2020

Contrary to common belief, Colombia is a country without landscapes. The country might be plagued by riveting natural scenery but these have yet to be transformed into recognizable national landscapes.⁠⠀
In fact, if any country in Latin America has been set up against its own impressive geography, it is Colombia, as its national repertoire is riddled with tales and stories in which the impossible terrain has betrayed or stalled the nation building process since the country’s inception— if one remembers, in Issac’s Maria (1867) the indomitable natural surroundings work against the fulfillment of the lovers’ desires, while in Rivera’s La Voragine (1934), it is the wilderness of the llanos which drove the protagonist to madness.⁠⠀
Chief among these tales are those dedicated to the “Paso del Quindio,” an arduous but strategic overpass in the Cordillera Central of the Andes, in the route that connected Bogotá with Popayán and other main cities in the central western region of the country. With all the other possible routes connecting the two main cities of the early colonial period in Nueva Granada obstructed by snow-capped mountain ranges, the only feasible route was this trail, originally used by indigenous populations, and maintained by the Spanish conquistadores who crisscrossed the region in search of the gold of the Quimbayas.⁠⠀
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by José Luis Falconi (Part I)⁠ continues in next post⁠⠀
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for the exhibit Missteps and Other Paths ⁠at Espacio El Dorado, Bogotá • 2017

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09/24/2020

What is Money? Really, what is it?⁠⠀
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We all have a magnet—that one thing that is really driving us. The zero is that. ⁠⠀⁠⠀Zero, Let´s Do the Numbers • 2014
09/16/2020

We all have a magnet—that one thing that is really driving us. The zero is that. ⁠⠀
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Zero, Let´s Do the Numbers • 2014

Horizon series, close up of the financial system symphony.
09/15/2020

Horizon series, close up of the financial system symphony.

“Some of Montoya’s most recent wall pieces, among them his multicolored Horizon works, illustrate what the artist calls ...
09/14/2020

“Some of Montoya’s most recent wall pieces, among them his multicolored Horizon works, illustrate what the artist calls “a communion” between his medium—various colored banknotes from around the world—and his essentially abstract composition, made wholly visible by considering the entirety of his arrangements. These large-scale horizontal panels, assembled by folding and arranging rectangular painted surfaces, achieve an allover hypnotic effect while also referring to the shape and form of their constituent parts. Like the myth of trickle-down wealth, the limitless Horizons imply riches that are both accessible and very far away. Although the individual units that make up the whole become visible only when seen from close to, Montoya’s grids resemble nothing so much as a mirage of ungraspable wealth as viewed from a blurred, unbridgeable distance.“⁠⠀
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Santiago Montoya´s The Great Swindle, A History⁠⠀
by Christian Viveros Faune ⁠⠀
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Looking for the soul...⁠⠀⁠⠀Lincoln • 2013⁠⠀⁠⠀ Improbable Landscapes exhibition in London⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀ ⁠ ⁠ ...
09/14/2020

Looking for the soul...⁠⠀
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Lincoln • 2013⁠⠀
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Improbable Landscapes exhibition in London⁠⠀
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09/05/2020

Three Tallys, 2014, Jacquard Tapestry⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀
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Five Tallys, 2014, Jacquard Tapestry⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⠀ ⁠ ⁠⠀ ⁠ ⁠
09/04/2020

Five Tallys, 2014, Jacquard Tapestry⁠⠀
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