A REINTERPRETATION OF THE FUENTES ANGARITA COLLECTION AT LA NEOMUDÉJAR

The Museo La Neomudéjar offers a journey through three decades of resistance, identity, and critical thought with more than 130 works from the collection of artist and collector Andreína Fuentes Angarita (Caracas, Venezuela, 1968). Commissioned by Néstor Prieto and Omar Castañeda, the exhibition is structured as a living archive focused on the history of political art in Latin America and on an intimate and collective reflection on reality.

Organized into four curatorial stations, the exhibition explores the themes of the “collective self,” diaspora, identity and gender, and the memory of the body. A specific section dedicated to Venezuela frames the country as a wound in motion—a reality marked by unfulfilled promises and economic and social crises. The archive invites visitors to engage with these fragmented experiences not only through historical documentation but through political and affective body‑memory.

The study of gender—a central line of inquiry for the museum—gains special emphasis, becoming in this rereading a space of symbolic action where identity and perception constantly intersect in a field of dispute and resistance. The show connects these ideas with contemporary theorists to highlight art’s power as both reflection and amplifier of these issues.

The exhibition can also be seen as a form of collecting transformed into a political and affective act, where accumulated works distill signs of memory, desire, and resistance. In a dedicated section, Fuentes Angarita’s own work engages these themes with humor, critique, and irony, asserting that the personal is also a space of confrontation and activism.

30 Years of Irreverence and Vision in the Fuentes Angarita Collection is on view through April 26, 2026 at Museo La Neomudéjar, Antonio Nebrija, s/n, Madrid, Spain.