MANUELA VIERA-GALLO Y EL PAÍS DE JAUJA

(…) One of the artists selected to exhibit her work at the Biennale was Manuela Viera-Gallo (Rome, 1977). She received the jury’s acquisition award for her work Jauja, which consisted of five wooden stakes that, nailed to the wall, held sawdust drawings. The drawings spelled out the word Jauja, that country that in popular mythology means abundance and pleasure.