Property from a Private Collection, France
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Sergio Trujillo
Untitled from Muros Colombianos
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- £3,000 - 5,000
£5,250
Lot Details
Gelatin silver print.
1972-1979
21 x 16.2 cm (8 1/4 x 6 3/8 in.)
Signed, titled in Spanish and dated '70s' in pencil on the verso.
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Sergio Trujillo’s Muros Colombianos series illustrates the beauty found in debris and captures Columbian society through photographs of torn posters on walls in public places. Trujillo has made several films and has taught photography, design, and visual expression at the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Since 1983, he has managed Sergio Trujillo Dávila y Cía, designing audiovisual programs in video and multi-image systems.
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Sergio Trujillo
Colombian | 1947Born in Colombia, Sergio Trujillo initially studied architecture and later graduated as a graphic designer from the Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano. He began working with photography in the 1960s, and in 1981, he received a Kodak Colombiana scholarship to complete a multi-image production course in Mexico City. His series Muros Colombianos (1972-79) illustrates beauty found in debris, capturing Colombian society through photographs of torn posters on walls in public places. Trujillo’s work has been exhibited in institutions worldwide, including Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá; Museo Amparo, Puebla; and Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris.
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