Mujeres de la pintura en Aragua – International Exhibition of Slavery in Venezuela
Mujeres de la pintura en Aragua/ The painting of women in Aragua
A Venezuelan organization that tries to save women’s values in the arts.
The state of Aragua (Spanish: Estado Aragua, IPA: [es ̋taðo aˈɾaɣwa]) is located in the north-central region of the country, in Venezuela .
Cata Bay, Aragua
International exhibitions created: ′ ′ No More Violence ′ ′ on International Women’s Day, The Abolition of Venezuelan Slavery…
1854 A decree abolishing slavery in Venezuela was signed on 24 March. Simon Bolivar launched a campaign for the abolition of slavery in 1816, but it did not materialize until 38 years later, on March 24, 1854, the then President of the Republic, José Gregorio Monagas signed an implementation of the decree, which granted freedom to 40,000 slaves in Venezuela.
An international exhibition was created by Mujeres de la pintura en Aragua to mark the anniversary.
The application was open to all countries. Twenty-two works were selected.
On the site you can see the selected artists and their works.
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Yasmin Olivares ,my Venezuelan artist friend, drew my attention to this event.
Yasmin Olivares interviews, in Spanish and Hungarian, can be found under the Interview menu. (ILONA ART HUNGARY)
My painting was included in the selected works, so I could represent Hungary at the exhibition.
Free as a bird
The background of the painting is the Venezuelan flag.
In the foreground is the Venezuelan Troupial.
Venezuela’s national bird
It was selected in a competition sponsored by the Venezuelan Scientific Society and was officially designated as the Venezuelan National Bird on May 23, 1958.
The chains in your cage will break and become free. With this symbol, I expressed the abolition of slavery.
It was a pleasure to take part in this exhibition, to be part of such an extraordinary anniversary, which was a defining event in the history of Venezuela.
Congratulations to all the creators and award-winning artists.
I thank the HPMAA Foundation, the qualification jury, for their work. (Aragua Women of the Arts and curator Angélica Leal is the legal director of Lea Lea Lea.
Ilona Lakatos
ILONA ART HUNGARY 