La mirada de los otros y sus contradicciones

Abstract

In this article, we will address the discussion of the coloniality of the senses, through a case study on the curatorial exhibition Sin Sección (Without District) presented at the National Museum of Art of Bolivia, in which stone carvings made by three prisoners from San Pedro’s prison were exhibited. We will approach the discussion of the coloniality of the senses from the concepts by Rivera, Brandão, Mignolo, and Vazquez. We reflect on the confinement of the aesthetic concept by Eurocentric thoughts, which prevail over other ways of feeling and are replicated in the art system in Bolivia. Our goal is to focus on decoloniality in the visual arts and how the works presented affect the museum space, questioning its legitimizing role. We propose four concepts for a decolonizing practice within exhibition spaces in cultural centers. This viewpoint generates contradictory issues, which will also be argued from the perspective of Bolivian Ch'ixi thought.