Uriel López

Gobernador invites the public to the guided tour of the exhibition La conferencia de los pájaros, by Uriel López.

La conferencia de los pájaros is a project by Uriel López that investigates the bonds established between humans and animals kept in captivity and subjected to specific forms of training; an interest that has been present in his practice for some time.

In these new works the protagonists are birds of prey, primarily eagles, presented through an inquiry into falconry. Representations of this ancient cultural practice between people and birds have existed since remote times —as testified by numerous medieval records, others found in sixteenth and seventeenth century literature, as well as the genre of painting that emerged in England at the beginning of the eighteenth century known as conversation pieces. This historical painting proposal consisted of the representation of scenes of human socialization in different settings, predominantly around hunting. Although they were not central, both living and dead animals were essential to the composition.

—Gobernador