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by Natalia Gutierrez, 2024
These works are a homage to my family’s migration journey from Colombia to Spain, and to those family members who remained behind, as well as those we lost and could not bid farewell to.
After living in the UK for 4 years, I’ve come to understand a small part of what my family went through by leaving their life as they knew it behind and start all over again and adapt to a new culture in a new country. Back when we moved to Spain, I was a child, and although I did went through a long endless adaptation period, a lot of these things were bigger and more complicated than my little brain could understand.
It is very hard to create a new home while constantly mourning your old one, but it is inconceivable to ever forget the place that first taught you what a home is. Adapting to a new culture without losing your identity as it was, staying true to your ways at the risk of being misunderstood and judged, is an act of bravery and defiance that never ends.
Publication Date: June 11, 2024
Size: 122×142cm
Materials: oil paint on cotton canvas stretched on wood
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by Natalia Gutierrez, 2024
These works are a homage to my family’s migration journey from Colombia to Spain, and to those family members who remained behind, as well as those we lost and could not bid farewell to.
After living in the UK for 4 years, I’ve come to understand a small part of what my family went through by leaving their life as they knew it behind and start all over again and adapt to a new culture in a new country. Back when we moved to Spain, I was a child, and although I did went through a long endless adaptation period, a lot of these things were bigger and more complicated than my little brain could understand.
It is very hard to create a new home while constantly mourning your old one, but it is inconceivable to ever forget the place that first taught you what a home is. Adapting to a new culture without losing your identity as it was, staying true to your ways at the risk of being misunderstood and judged, is an act of bravery and defiance that never ends.
Publication Date: June 11, 2024
Size: 122×142cm
Materials: oil paint on cotton canvas stretched on wood
*Ships within 2-4 business days