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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic, Graffiti on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Artwork framed.
- Dimensions : 39x27.6in
About this artwork
Can you imagine being 12 years old and not knowing how to read or write?
This is a true story. I met him at a workshop in Medellín. It rained that day, and only he arrived. We changed the activity and played hangman. The word was "resilience." But he didn't know the letters. We wrote the alphabet on the wall and played "hot or cold." With his finger, he searched for what he'd never been taught: the right to read, to learn, to dream. And all of… this, just minutes away from our reality.
This work is a reminder of the invisible. Because there are childhoods that don't play with words, but with the hope of being seen.
This is a true story. I met him at a workshop in Medellín. It rained that day, and only he arrived. We changed the activity and played hangman. The word was "resilience." But he didn't know the letters. We wrote the alphabet on the wall and played "hot or cold." With his finger, he searched for what he'd never been taught: the right to read, to learn, to dream. And all of… this, just minutes away from our reality.
This work is a reminder of the invisible. Because there are childhoods that don't play with words, but with the hope of being seen.
Alejandro Alegüe
Colombia
Credentials
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
Alejandro Alegüe—also known as AGÜD—is a Colombian artist and graphic designer with over 14 years of experience in painting and muralism. His works have appeared in urban spaces in Colombia, as well as in Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Italy, and the United States.
Her practice focuses on childhood as a symbolic and political territory, and for over eight years she has developed community art processes with social impact in marginalized neighborhoods, border areas, and rural territories. Through art, I seek to make visible, heal, and collectively resist realities marked by inequality and structural violence.
In 2024, she formalized the "We Are Still Children" methodology (through a research process with the Universidad Colegiatura Colombiana), based on play, active listening, and collaborative creation. Her work is fueled by direct contact with communities and a belief in art as an act of dignity, memory, and transformation.
Her practice focuses on childhood as a symbolic and political territory, and for over eight years she has developed community art processes with social impact in marginalized neighborhoods, border areas, and rural territories. Through art, I seek to make visible, heal, and collectively resist realities marked by inequality and structural violence.
In 2024, she formalized the "We Are Still Children" methodology (through a research process with the Universidad Colegiatura Colombiana), based on play, active listening, and collaborative creation. Her work is fueled by direct contact with communities and a belief in art as an act of dignity, memory, and transformation.
Alejandro Alegüe
Analfabeta
$3,120