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Giovanni Alvarez Santoyo
Giovanni Álvarez Santoyo is a Colombian lawyer who has directed the Investigation and Accusation Unit of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) since 2018. In May 2023, the unit he directs charged the artist's father with persecution as a crime against humanity, the first accusation of its kind in Colombia. The case takes up accusations first built under Supreme Court magistrates who have since been convicted of corruption, accusations the artist's family has always denounced as fabricated.
His portrait, a mosaic of thousands of Colombian jam labels (40 × 120 tiles), was created for Marmelade: Trinity during a residency at Stereolux. The machine systematically destroys the portrait over the course of the exhibition; it was destroyed at the Scopitone Festival (Nantes, France, 2024). One production, one destruction.
Mosaic of more than 4,000 printed Colombian jam labels, pinned by hand on transparent acrylic (4 panels, 3 mm), approx. 75 × 150 cm (30 × 60 in).
Originals and editions for sale
One original exists, bearing the marks of its own destruction. After the exhibition, the destroyed portrait is reassembled for framing.
Available for sale (inquiries: sales (at) almario (dot) ca):
- 2024 original, destroyed at the Scopitone Festival, Nantes
Signed and numbered reproductions of the original are also available, in a limited edition of 20.
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