Entering an exhibition is not merely crossing a door: it is stepping through the threshold of the everyday to immerse oneself in a symbolic territory,where the sensory and the spiritual become intertwined. The quiet atmosphere that reigns in an art space—that almost reverent stillness—invites contemplation, wonder, and respect.There, the spirit encounters elevated ideas that emerge from the intimate imagination of the artist,manifesting as a call toward beauty, harmony,and a

In Sagrado Pop , artist María Mercedes Sánchez , a native of Bucaramanga, takes us on a journey that merges the popular with the sacred, revealing a sense of everyday spirituality that permeates every aspect of her work. The exhibition presents a selection of works offering a deep look into her evolving artistic practice—both conceptually and materially. Through a rich and complex weaving of religious iconography and pop culture, Sánchez constructs a visual narrative that cha

POETICS OF THE SACRED-PROFANE: ETHNOGRAPHIES OF DESIRE IN THE INTERSTICES OF THE EVERYDAY María Lightowler Curatorship – April 2025 At the intersection of visual ethnography and interdisciplinary artistic practice, María Mercedes Sánchez’s work constructs an affective archive of devotion rituals that shape the Latin American imagination. The artist operates as a critical archaeologist of popular mythologies—those that hybridize religious iconography with the fetishes of mass