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Ethan Cohen Gallery is pleased to present El origen del mundo, its second solo exhibition of leading Peruvian artist Claudia Coca. Coca’s work provokes critical reflection on contemporary political and cultural issues surrounding colonialism, race, gender, and citizenship. This exhibition is presented concurrently with her first solo museum exhibition Claudia Coca | La piel de mi trino: 25 años y más at the ICPNA in Lima, Peru.
Through her work, Coca reconfigures the historical relationship between indigenous peoples and nature, making visible the intrinsic connection these cultures have maintained with their environment since ancestral times, while challenging the colonial perspective that frames them as part of a "natural" world to be conquered. The figures Coca presents are not merely symbols of the wild; they stand as full-fledged subjects, endowed with resilience and profound knowledge of the land. By...More
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Ethan Cohen Gallery is pleased to present El origen del mundo, its second solo exhibition of leading Peruvian artist Claudia Coca. Coca’s work provokes critical reflection on contemporary political and cultural issues surrounding colonialism, race, gender, and citizenship. This exhibition is presented concurrently with her first solo museum exhibition Claudia Coca | La piel de mi trino: 25 años y más at the ICPNA in Lima, Peru.
Through her work, Coca reconfigures the historical relationship between indigenous peoples and nature, making visible the intrinsic connection these cultures have maintained with their environment since ancestral times, while challenging the colonial perspective that frames them as part of a "natural" world to be conquered. The figures Coca presents are not merely symbols of the wild; they stand as full-fledged subjects, endowed with resilience and profound knowledge of the land. By...More
