This landmark monograph traces six decades of the Colombian artist Beatriz González’s bold and radical reimagining of images, power and memory through painting, sculptural assemblage and large scale public interventions.

This richly illustrated book includes over 100 works and 300 images, capturing a body of urgent, unflinching and deeply original work, as González dismantles visual hierarchies by reworking images from newspapers, Western art history and religious iconography into a bold, graphic language all her own. 

Across each phase of her career, González addresses recurring violence in Colombia, the legacies of colonialism and the displacement of communities with satire, tenderness and defiance. While her work is situated within the history of Colombia, her practice also resonates across global contexts.