THE BURNING OF THE DEVIL
Diablo Rosso and Proyectos Ultravioleta
With the participation of:
Gustavo Araujo
Fabrizio Arrieta
Giancarlo Scaglia
Jonathan Harker
Jose Castrellón
Jose Vera Matos
Stefan Benchoam
Rachel de Joode
In addition: dancing, video projections and popular parafernalia.
Guatemala City, Guatemala
December 07, 2011 - January 11, 2012
An exhibition and magic-religious celebration to get rid of impurities and cast away from us all kinds of evil.
December 7th, 2011
Proyectos Ultravioleta presents an exhibition of its gallery friend Diablo Rosso (Panama City); that with the occasion of the ‘quema del diablo’ (burning of the devil – Guatemalan ritual to ward off evil and purify the spirit by burning old belongings) proposes a series of works that approach ideas about good, evil, divine and pagan.
Human beings are born with the possibility of harboring in our interior all feelings – positive and negative – that are naturally inherent to us. If everything negative could be cleansed with the simple performance of a rite, the human being would no longer be human, it would be God! That which transmutes matter into something magical is the intention with which faith uses energy; hence, works by artists who reflect on the power of intention and the possibilities of the subject to carry out those intentions have been selected. In addition, the notions of divine and pagan are evaluated and the idea of purification is celebrated to finish the year renewed and with a clean soul.
Other exhibitions by Stefan Benchoam at Proyectos Ultravioleta:
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Uncertain Nature, or how Landscape is Constructed From Guatemala
group show
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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NADA Miami 2016
group show
Miami, USA
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Touch Wood
group show
Guatemala city, Guatemala
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Material Art Fair 2014
group show
México D.F., México
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Proyectos Ultravioleta presents: A space to meet art, spend time between nature and culture, see, listen, feel and think.
group show
San José, Costa Rica
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Proyectos Ultravioleta presents
group show
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Inside Joke
group show
Panama City, Panama
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The Terrible 2
group show
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Proyectos Ultravioleta presents Proyectos Ultravioleta presents…..
group show
Zürich, Switzerland
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BOTH ENDS
group show
London, UK
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Así que se vaya (So it goes) / Comalapa
group show
San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala
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Dolphin Bay
group show
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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P O S T P A N A M A X
group show
Panama City, Panama
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Así que se vaya… (So it goes…)
group show
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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International Meeting (Cheverista) of Medellin
group show
Medellin, Colombia
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In My Brother’s House
Guatemala City
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Alchemy of Aches
Guatemala
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Herbaria
London
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Walking Through a Forest, at Night
Guatemala
2023
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Nada Concreto (Nothing Concrete)
Guatemala City
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Ríos de gente (Rivers of People)
Regina José Galindo
Guatemala City
2022
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Oído vegetal (Vegetal Ear)
Guatemala
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Nina’s Wishbone
London
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Pisapapeles
Guatemala
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Pa ru tun che´ (From the Treetop)
Guatemala
2021
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Suavitel Entertainment Club
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Oh shining star testify
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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CONDO Shanghai
Regina José Galindo
Shanghai, China
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Sometimes you have to go down to go up
Akira Ikezoe
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2019
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CONDO São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
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Of the Color of the Forest, at the Bottom of the Sea
Johanna Unzueta
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Live Happily
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Condo London
Hellen Ascoli
London, UK
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The Guardian of the Forest
Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Uncertain Nature, or how Landscape is Constructed From Guatemala
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Condo Unit SP
São Paulo, Brazil
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When He Woke Up…
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2018
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Fantasías
Elisabeth Wild
Glendale California, USA
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The Objective
Regina José Galindo
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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El eje del mal (The Axis of Evil)
Glendale California, USA
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I Woke Up Early to Comb the World
Hellen Ascoli
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2017
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Condo NY
Vivian Suter
New York, USA
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Modulated Emotions
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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In the Prosperous Days
Jorge de León
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Condo London
London, UK
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Dennis, the Florifundia and the Pato Poc
Radamés “Juni” Figueroa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Monstera Deliciosa
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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AUTO HYSTŒRIA
Alberto Rodríguez Collía
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2016
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The End of the East Coincides with the End of the South
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Touch Wood
Guatemala city, Guatemala
2015
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Melvin Laz
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Fantasía
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Zipacna, Creator of the Mountains
Paris, France
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Elisabeth Wild
Elisabeth Wild
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2014
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The Day Before Yesterday
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Significant Set
Panama City, Panama
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Octopus
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Proyectos Ultravioleta presents: A space to meet art, spend time between nature and culture, see, listen, feel and think.
San José, Costa Rica
2013
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Architecture and Friendship
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Culture and Art in Guatemala
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Proyectos Ultravioleta presents
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Inside Joke
Panama City, Panama
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The Terrible 2
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Proyectos Ultravioleta presents Proyectos Ultravioleta presents…..
Zürich, Switzerland
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Así que se vaya (So it goes) / Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
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BOTH ENDS
London, UK
2012
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Así que se vaya (So it goes) / Comalapa
San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala
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Dolphin Bay
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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P O S T P A N A M A X
Panama City, Panama
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Así que se vaya… (So it goes…)
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Waterfall
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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International Meeting (Cheverista) of Medellin
Medellin, Colombia
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We Dress to Express, Not to Impress
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Great Masterpieces of the 20th Century
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2011
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BYOB Guatemala
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Mayami Son Machín
Miami, USA
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LUX
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Esther Planas: Events and Aparitions in Red
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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ULTRAMARICA
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Ultra Es Low
San José, Costa Rica
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ch.ACO
Santiago de Chile, Chile
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Joy Vinicio
Guatemala City, Guatemala
2010
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Parents, distance and speed
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Buró de Intervenciones Públicas (BIP)
Buró de Intervenciones Públicas
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Roldán’s Journal
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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El (Inter) National (Psycho) Geographic TWAIN
Guatemala City, Guatemala