page_title: Olga de Amaral
section_title: Fiber as canvas. The 1990s
hierarchical_section_title: Olga de Amaral / Fiber as canvas. The 1990s
caption_attribution_description: English: Umbra I, 1996; 180 x 190 cm; linen, gesso and gold leaf.
context_page_description: Olga de Amaral is a Colombian visual artist known for her large-scale abstract works made with fibers and covered in gold and/or silver leaf. Because of her ability to reconcile local concerns with international developments, de Amaral became one of the few artists from South America to become internationally known for her work in fiber during the 1960s and ‘70s. She is also considered an important practitioner in the development of postwar Latin American Abstraction. She currently lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia.
context_section_description: In the 1990s Olga de Amaral started the following series: Vesitigios, Ríos, Puertas, Pueblos, Cajas, Umbras, Bosques, Segmentos, Mementos, Imágenes perdidas, Entornos quietos, Sombras, Lunas, Paisajes heredados, Estelas and the series Prosa and Soles cuadrados.
caption: Umbra I, 1996; 180 x 190 cm; linen, gesso and gold leaf.
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