Oracle of the Night

The exhibition The Oracle of the Night celebrates the diverse, innovative work of Maria Isabel Rueda, focusing on dreams, superstition, intuition, and the metaphysical. The show uses the darkness of night to explore non-visible realms, creating a dialogue between light, shadow, reality, and the absurd through "oracular creatures" that herald the unknown.

Key works include films rooted in her nightmares, such as The Shadow of the Plum Tree, and the Vampisol photographic series, where Caribbean humidity caused the images to melt into Rorschach-like patterns, prioritizing irrational interpretation. The exhibition also features Rueda's editorial work and "dream devices" (giant cushions) to encourage intuitive engagement. Rueda pays tribute to Colombian pioneer Emma Reyes, showcasing her works as a form of dialogue. Rueda challenges traditional notions of authorship by inviting natural and supernatural forces to intervene in her pieces, prioritizing the hidden and intuitive over the rational in contemporary art.

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Photographs by Juan Yaruro. Courtesy of the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art