Citra Sasmita, Prophecy of Eternal Ray, 2022, 75 x 140 cm
"Baró Galeria is pleased to present ‘Disobedient Bodies: Without Gods, Patrons or Mysteries’, curated by Rolando J. Carmona, opening on March 23, coinciding with Art Palma Brunch.
When a sacred text declares that a woman's body is impure or useless, how should the rest of the women in her community respond? Cleanse it or condemn it? Protect it and allow it to exist in all its challenging, fragile, and dazzling beauty?
The exhibition features the work of the artists Maitha Abdalla (UAE), Rafaela Baroni (Venezuela), Brandon Gercara (Réunion), Blanca Haddad (Venezuela), Kubra Khademi (Afghanistan), Rusudan Khizanishvili (Georgia), Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos (Egypt), Violeta Quispe (Peru), Amparo Sard (Spain), Citra Sasmita (Indonesia) and Tecla Tofano (Venezuela).
"Disobedient Bodies: Without Gods, Patrons or Mysteries" brings together artists who have the courage to redefine femininity within their respective cultures. These women, first and foremost artists, emancipate themselves from leaders, patrons, or deities, even challenging spiritual norms, to flourish from the deepest shadows of patriarchy. Each work presented here speaks of methods that go beyond the feminism recorded by historians of white artists, emerging from the farthest corners of large cities."
