By: María Laura Hernández de Agüero
In (in)organic, Marina García Burgos presents a visual proposal that questions our relationship with the land through the contrast of materials.
The artist has developed several lines of artistic work, creating images on varied supports such as acrylic, aluminum, wood, books, thread (embroidery), llanchama (plant fiber), etc., seeking to add three-dimensionality and more narrative tools to her work. Much of this stems from her relationship with the Peruvian Amazon, where she gathers stories that nourish her visual language. The use of fragile or recycled materials adds an experimental and risky dimension: each test is a discovery, each success reveals a landscape that overflows the traditional limits of photography.
In her narrative, all the social problems of Peru surface. A lucid and critically presented problematic, though without concessions to realism, but rather through a narrative technique of skillful montage. The exhibition, curated by Jorge Villacorta, intertwines the fragility of Peruvian ecosystems with the hardness of artificial and historical supports—such as colonial majolica or the metal of obsolete coins—to open a dialogue about memory, value, and the impact of humankind. This comprises two photographs and a sculptural piece made with coins. In the photographic works—from which color has been removed—the image is printed in an irregular composition of majolica tiles.
Her work invites us to look beyond the image: to think about the fissures in the earth, the vulnerability of its ecosystems, and the urgency of rethinking our relationship with them. She advocates for an expanded photography that transcends the paper to acquire three-dimensionality and narrative force. The surface becomes a space of tension, where natural memory is fractured and recomposed.
The exhibition can be seen until May 31.
Inca Garcilaso Cultural Center, Jr. Ucayali 391, Lima