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1928-Bananeras #1, 2021
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1928-Bananeras #2, 2021
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1928-Bananeras #3, 2021
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Muro Negro, 2020
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Códices. Minga Banano-Landázuri, 2019
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Theory of the wild geese, notes on the workers gestures, 2019
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Estibas. From Riochiquito II, 2018
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Estibas. From Marquetalia II, 2017
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Estibas. From San Vicente del Caguan, guerrilleros bailando salsa, 2017
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From the mountains. Alias Juliana y Manuel, 2017
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From the mountains. Familia Piedrahita, Zumapas, 2017
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From the mountains. Familia Jerónimo, Puerto Íte, 2017
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From the mountains. Familia Santamaria, Landazuri., 2017
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From the mountains. Familia Segundo, Landazuri, 2017
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From the mountains. ZRC Vereda Puerto Nuevo Ité - Alias Mediomundo, Rigoberto y María, 2017
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From the mountains. ZVTN Agua Bonita - Alias Agapo y Coleguita, 2017
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From the mountains. ZVTN Agua Bonita - Alias Paola, Armancio y Camilita, 2017
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Otra versión para Los Persas de Esquilo, 2017
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Un Pechiche para Benkos, 2017
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1928-Bananeras, 2015
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Estenopeicas de paisajes subversivos. Barreto-Bonilla Family. San Luis de Ocoa, 2015
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Estenopeicas de paisajes subversivos. Franco y Colina Family. Ubaté, 2015
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Estenopeicas de paisajes subversivos. García Family. East Side of the River Ariari , 2015
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Estenopeicas de paisajes subversivos. Rincon Family. San Luis De Ocoa, 2015
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Estenopeicas de paisajes subversivos. Vivas-Cabuyaro Family, 2015
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Cayuco, 2014
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Palenqueros: Tamora, 2013
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Zuratoque: Costal # 10, Familia Yucuma, 2013
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La sucursal del paraíso, 2010
Marcos Ávila-Forero typically works in challenging terrains or inaccessible places such as remote villages in rural Colombia. His practice is based on research that he conducts within communities and along with their residents, allowing him to bring to light experiences that remain beyond the reach of conventional communication. Instead of documenting the object of his research, Ávila-Forero immerses himself in the worlds he explores. He sees his role as that of an activist fighting for social issues he considers important, not just as an artist but as someone who uses art as simply one vehicle among others.
In 2011 he travelled to the Amazon where he produced A Tarapoto -un manatí, he displayed said piece in the exhibition Le Vent d’Après and won the Prix Multimédia Des Fondations De Beaux-Arts. In 2012 he travelled to the Moroccan-Algerian border and worked with several clandestine immigrants to produce the video Cayuco - Una estela de Oujda a Melilla. In 2013; after receiving the Prix Découverte Du Palais de Tokyo, he travelled to Colombia and worked with communities displaced by the armed conflict, in a shanty town called Suratoque; with that name and in the name of the families he met, he produced a piece and an individual exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo. Later he received the Loop Award 2014. He travelled back to one of the epicentres of the armed conflict in Colombia in order to produce the project Atrato, that later would be exhibited in the Biennale di Venezia 2017 and acquired by the CNAP (National Centre for Visual Arts) in France. In 2018 he has produced two significant individual exhibitions at The Grand Café Art Centre in France and at The Pori Art Museum in Finland.
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5994 is just a number
Group show 10 Oct - 30 Nov 2019 ADN GaleriaWithin the framework of Barcelona Gallery Weekend 2019, we are presenting a collective exhibition with the artists who we work for; some of them since the beginning, and others who...More information -
Desde las montañas
Marcos Ávila-Forero 3 May - 16 Jun 2018 ADN GaleriaReferring to the way in which Colombian guerrillas sign their statements not to be located, Desde las montañas deals with the questions of the war violence, but also of struggle...More information -
Paisajes revoltosos
Marcos Ávila-Forero 5 Feb - 24 Apr 2015 ADN GaleriaIn all his works, Marcos Avila Forero shows difficult and harsh realities in a human, sensitive and poetic way, becoming a witness and an accomplice to these stories, confronting the...More information -
Accomplices & Witnesses
Group Show 24 May - 31 Jul 2014 ADN GaleriaThe exhibition “Accomplices and Witnesses” is based on the idea of the artist as an accomplice and witness of social dynamics requiring an active implication, commitment and a positioning which...More information