The Venezuelan and Mexican artist and journalist Camila de la Fuente Sandner, known as "CamdelaFu" donated her most recent work "Elections in a Dictatorship" to the OAS Art Museum of the Americas (AMA), during a ceremony that took place today in Washington, D.C.
In her words, CamdelaFu, 32 years old, said that she spent her childhood in Venezuela and due to the political and social situation that plagued and still plagues the country, from a very young age she had "to learn, understand and care about political issues and through painting," she continued, "I fight so that my daughter never has to go through what I went through in my life, so that her freedom is never taken away in any country where she decides to live."
For his part, the OAS Secretary for Strengthening Democracy, Francisco Guerrero, speaking on behalf of the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, expressed his gratitude for the donation of the painting and acknowledged that "this painting conveys to us the anguish, the strength, the desperation and the tireless struggle of the Venezuelan people. A people who have fought for years and in the most adverse circumstances to recover their democracy."
Camila de la Fuente Sandner was born and raised in Venezuela and, in 2014, emigrated to Mexico City where she currently resides. "Elections in a dictatorship" was created in the context of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential elections and seeks to reflect the reality that Venezuelans face after having exercised their right to vote and protest.
Reference: FNE-144171
