April 21 - 23, 2023
A program of Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
A cultural program of:
April 21 - 23, 2023
A program of Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá
A cultural program of:
The temporary exhibition: The Beauty of the Useful. Decorative Arts and Textiles in the New Kingdom of Granada This exhibition opens a window into the daily life, beliefs and customs of the New Kingdom of Granada, seen and understood through the decorative arts and textiles of the period. The exhibition consists of two sections. The first deals with everyday objects that enriched the life of the Neo-Granadine elite or that were part of the rituals associated with churches or devotional practices. The exploration of luxury objects predominates. Among them are lamps and mirrors, symbols of illumination and vanity at a time when glass was a scarce resource. Also on display are clocks, musical instruments, ceramics and pieces of Chinese porcelain that reflect the opulence of objects imported into New Granada.
The second part takes us into the world of colonial textiles. Visitors will be able to see civilian garments used to express identities and power, and religious textiles of profound symbolic richness, which were part of ceremonies and rituals. Each of these sections will display exclusive pieces from the Colonial Museum's collection, including some that are not usually on public view. In addition, the exhibition will be enriched with complementary pieces from external collections, such as those of the Museo Nacional de Colombia, the Museo Arqueológico Casa del Marqués de San Jorge, the Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, and the Museo de Arte de Bogotá.
The Beauty of the Useful is a unique opportunity to reflect on how the colonial past continues to resonate in our world today, and how certain historical lessons can inspire us to make more sustainable consumption decisions today. The Colonial Museum has designed a comprehensive strategy to engage visitors in the exhibition through talks, workshops and guided tours in which attendees will be able to journey through the everyday life of the colonial era and understand how it relates to and identifies itself in the present.
-April 12, 2024 1 pm to 4 pm Guided tour "The Beauty of the Useful: Decorative Arts and Textiles in the New Kingdom of Granada" by Anamaria Torres. -April 13, 2024. Accompaniment of mediators during the exhibition.
April 14, 2024, 12:00 noon - 3:00 pm: Early childhood care through the Nests program, in addition to a dance exhibition, both activities will be supported by the District Institute of the Arts.The Colonial Museum will also commemorate the Victims through the sound installation: We are vessels made of the same earth, heals and sounds the truth, accompanied by performances around the theme of healing, forgiveness and reconciliation.April 13 and 14, 2024, 2 pm.- 4 pm. Performance and pedagogical activity featuring artist León David Cobo Estrada and singer Adriana Ferrer.
El Museo Colonial está ubicado en el antiguo Claustro de las Aulas, levantado a comienzos del siglo XVII a partir del diseño de Juan Bautista i, J.S. Inicialmente, el edificio fue sede del Colegio Máximo de la Compañía de Jesús y, desde la primera mitad del siglo XVIII, de la Pontificia Universidad Javerian
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Después de la expulsión de la Compañía de Jesús en 1767, el Claustro tuvo múltiples usos. En este lugar sesionó el Congreso de la República en sus primeros años. Además, el edificio fue cuartel y sede del Museo Nacional y de la Biblioteca Nacional, entre otros usos. La Casa de las Aulas se transformó en Museo de Arte Colonial desde el 6 de agosto de 1942, fecha en que fue inaugurado por el presidente Eduardo Santos, y el ministro de educación Germán Arciniegas.
Detalle de uno de los salones (Museo de Arte Colonial). Tomado de Museo de Arte Colonial: Catálogo, Segunda edición, Fotografías de Ernesto Mandowskey y Jorge Montoya (Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1948), sin página..
Las primeras colecciones del Museo se formaron gracias a la donación de algunas piezas pertenecientes al acervo del expresidente Eduardo Santos, a la compra de las colecciones de Carlos Pardo y Josefina y Pablo Argáez, y al traslado de la colección de arte colonial del Museo Nacional. Estas piezas se exhibieron inicialmente en una primera sala dedicada al pintor Gregorio Vásquez y otra a la exposición de la colección comprada a los Argáez. Otras salas exhibieron platería, mobiliario doméstico y eclesiástico, pintura y escultura devocional y retratos de virreyes.
Detalle de la entrada a la sala Identidades en juego antes de la Independencia, inaugurada en agosto de 2010 con ocasión del Bicentenario de la Independencia. Fotografía Archivo Museo Colonial..
Durante las dos primeras décadas del siglo XXI, el Museo Colonial entró en un proceso de transformación que busca comunicarles a los públicos visitantes los procesos socioculturales sucedidos entre los siglos XVI y XVIII en la Nueva Granada. En este contexto, se ha dado una renovación museológica que abarca tanto la organización administrativa de la institución como nuevos planteamientos curatoriales y museográficos, que hacen visible la memoria de lo colonial en Colombia. Durante casi tres años, el Museo estuvo cerrado al público por la renovación estructural del Claustro de las Aulas. El 3 de agosto de 2017 reabrió sus puertas con nuevo guión curatorial y museográfico.
Colombian artist, lives in Bogotá, Colombia. He holds a Master in Music from the Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá (1997), a Master in Sonology from the Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona (design of interactive sound systems), in association with the Escuela Superior De Música de Cataluña (music production), ESMUC (2012) and a Master in Sound Art from the Universidad de Barcelona (2014). With recognized trajectory as a composer, producer and sound artist. He traveled the country studying traditional music to take it to children, as presenter of the television documentary Expedición Sonora of Señal Colombia, also presented in Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil and other Latin American countries. He coordinated the music area and the experimental sound laboratory of the Centro Interactuante para las Artes (C.I.P.A) of the Dirección de Infancia y Juventud del Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia (1997-2003), in the same year he founded Loop-Taller, a laboratory for listening and sound creation. He has extensive experience in the development of projects worked from the languages of artistic expression with entities such as: Unicef, OEI, USAID, IOM, Plan Foundation, UN Women, Casa e, Ministry of Culture of Colombia, National University of Colombia and the Mayor's Office of Bogota among others. He has participated as a sound artist in various national and international events such as the 56th Venice Biennale in Italy, Sonar Festival in Barcelona, IDB exhibition hall in Washington DC (2020) and art. He has participated as a sound artist in various national and international events such as the 56th Venice Biennial in Italy, Sonar Festival in Barcelona, IDB exhibition hall in Washington DC (2020) and artBo among others, his work as producer and curator of the project "de agua viento y verdor" volume 1, 2 and 3 (21CDs), soundscapes, songs and indigenous stories for children stands out.
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