Collector Profile: José Darío Gutiérrez of Colombia’s Proyecto Bachué

«José Darío Gutiérrez was 12 years old when his mother, a teacher of art and music at the local school in Medellín, brought him to the second-ever Coltejer Biennial, in 1970. “My mother was smiling and said, ‘Look, that’s the one I like the most,’ pointing to a pile of plastic bags filled with hay. It was Hectárea de heno by Bernardo Salcedo. I was shocked. My mother is crazy, I thought. It couldn’t be art, and I have spent my last 44 years trying to understand that…” recalls Gutiérrez.»

 
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