GHADA AMER AT PLAZA FUNDADORES, LEÓN, MEXICO
HOY EL 70% DE LOS POBRES EN EL MUNDO SON MUJERES, 10 MAR - 12 JUN 2022
The monumental installation by Ghada Amer continues its journey to León, Guanajuato.
Through a large-scale intervention in the public space, the artist addresses one of the major social problems of our time: gender inequality. With “Hoy el 70% de los pobres en el mundo son mujeres” (Today 70% of the Poor in the World are Women), Amer reclaims these open spaces as socio-political platforms.
Ghada Amer, Installation Hoy el 70% de lo pobres en el mundo son mujeres, 2001/2020 Photos: courtesy Instituto Cultural de Léon
The opening will take place on Thursday, 10 March at 6 pm at Plaza de los Fundadores, León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Curated by Clara Garau, this project has the institutional support of Gobierno del Estado de Guanajuato; Forum Cultural Guanajuato; Museo de Arte e Historia de Guanajuato; Gobierno Municipal de León; MAZ, Museo de Arte de Zapopan; CAVI, Coordinación de Artes Visuales, Instituto Cultural de León. And the collaboration of 90_20 Art Projects and KEWENIG.
Ghada Amer playing with kids during the opening. Photo courtesy Instituto Cultural de Léon