MUSEU DE ARTE DE SãO PAULO ASSIS CHATEAUBRIAND/KMEC BOOKS
Framed within the context of an imaginary museum, Gamarra's interventions into the language of colonialism address individual, institutional and systemic violence
Hbk, 8 x 10.75 in. / 264 pgs / 367 color. | 11/30/2026 | Awaiting Stock $60.00
Published by Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand/KMEC Books. Edited by Adriano Pedrosa, Guilherme Giufrida. Text by Guilherme Giufrida, Sharon Lerner, Agustin Pérez Rubio, Florencia Portocarrero & Luis Eduardo Wuffarden, Ximena Briceño.
Appropriation is central to the practice of Peruvian artist Sandra Gamarra Heshiki (born 1972), who often adopts the language and aesthetics of the colonizer to critique systemic violence. Réplica installs her paintings and installations within a fictional museum of the artist's own making.