Ximena Lama
"For the women's strike, the artist converted a toi toi toilet into a colorful exhibition space in which she addressed gender stereotypes as the basis for equal treatment. The forty-year-old grew up in Chile, and today she works in Bern-frequently on collages"
WOZ Magazine 2020 Switzerland
"Ambiguous parallel worlds
Grown up in Bolivia and Chile, Ximena Lama, who lives in Switzerland, is inspired in her collages by materials, textures, contrasts and magazine images from the past and the present. This results in colorful pararellwelten full of multitudinous messages"
Tagesanzeiger 2019 Bern
"Her collages, installations and sculptures give me a sense of clarity that I wish after seeing an art exhibition"
19.03.19_Nora Osayuki Osagiobare_Bernese cultural agenda
Collage exhibition in Providencia
THE RETURN OF XIMENA LAMA
Regarding her exhibition in the New Providence Hall of the Schacht Palace, where she exhibits a series of collages, the artist shares that "returning, that is, going back to someone or some place, situation or previous state, is linked to memories and, likewise, , over time, since the memory is activated when returning to the starting point”. His exhibition can be visited from Monday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and will be there until December 30.... read more
"Ximena's creations, a talented visual artist, are very striking and expressive, which will lead visitors to interesting conclusions, especially about our environment. Welcome to our Cultural Foundation."
Evelyn Matthei F.
Mayor and president of the board of directors of the
Providencia Cultural Foundation.
