Title: Rompe las cadenas del pasad
Location: Vienna, Austria
Artist: Ju Mu (Based in Berlin/ roots Peru/Chile)
For: Calle Libre
Address: Lambertgasse 11, 1160
Year: 2021
Photo Credits: Jolly Schwarz
“A representation of feminist #post-colonial #latinamerica history and its discourse.
A strong woman wearing a boat with a broken anchor as a hat which is connected to nature and protects us in the here and now and our journey through life.
Forgetting the colonial past is not an option, therefore it shows us the possibility of a better future in which we have broken the chains of the past without forgetting them – but also the chains of patriarchy that are broken.
For a long time woman were not recognized as active subjects in historiography, so it signals to us that overcoming colonialism and gender are intertwined.
The bird – a condor – represents the sacred, the #spirituality , the here & now and the future, but also the journey between this world and the hereafter, life and death, a central point of the worldview of #indigenous communities in Latin America.
In her hand she’s holding a #plant which represents her connection to #nature and the process of growing & changing.”
Ju Mu
USEFUL LINKS:
Ju Mu in this blog | Website | Instagram
Categories: OperArt, Street art
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