Vista de cuenca edulcorada (Archivo pseudomimético). Acrylic on canvas. 60 cm x 52 cm. 2023.

This series of paintings is based on a selection of images from the National Archives of the Netherlands and other digital archives, to reinterpret them through simple gestures of color and slight changes in the expressions of their characters, landscapes, or narratives. During my research, I found historical tensions in these images, as well as forgotten or marginal aspects that led me to explore the relationship between memory and image, oblivion, and the future. This historiographical review through the eyes of another seeks to problematize conceptions of national identity, otherness, colonialism, and the contemporary history of Venezuela linked to oil.