A Universe of One
<p>María Berrío, <em>A Universe of One</em>, 2018. Collage, watercolor, and charcoal on canvas, overall: 72 × 60 in. (182.9 × 152.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Gary and Anne Borman Trust 2019.306. © María Berrío</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 2018
- Dimensions
- Overall: 72 × 60 in. (182.9 × 152.4 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- María Berrío
Artist
Painting
Born in 1982 in Bogotá, Colombia, Brooklyn-based Maria Berrio is a contemporary artist primarily known for her prismatic, large-scale paper collages. The artist completed her BFA at the Parsons School of Design in 2004, after which she received her MFA at the New York School of Visual Arts in 2007. Berrio’s work sees her filter memories of her childhood spent on a farm in Colombia, and her subsequent experience with migration, through the lens of her studio practice. Inspired by the history of Columbian art and literature, her work calls to mind the magical realism of Latin American artistic figures such as Gabriel García Marquez, Fernando Botero, and Ruben Darío, while also drawing aesthetic and spiritual parallels to international artists like Gustav Klimt and Hilma Af Klint.
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- María Berrío
- Year
- 2018
- Dimensions
- Overall: 72 × 60 in. (182.9 × 152.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-2018-170980
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified