Exhibition tour of Santiago Yahuarcani: The Beginning of Knowledge with Darren Pih
Exhibition tour of Santiago Yahuarcani: The Beginning of Knowledge with Darren Pih
Thursday 11 September 2025
Exhibition tour of Santiago Yahuarcani: The Beginning of Knowledge with Darren Pih
Exhibition tour of Santiago Yahuarcani: The Beginning of Knowledge with Darren Pih
Thursday 11 September 2025
Discover the powerful work of Santiago Yahuarcani in this special curator-led tour with Darren Pih, Head of Exhibitions and Collections at the Whitworth.
Explore the key themes, artworks, and stories behind The Beginning of Knowledge, a major exhibition delving into the relationship between the Uitoto people and the natural world.
Darren will share unique insights into the development of the show, Yahuarcani’s artistic practice, and the cultural context behind his large-scale, narrative-rich paintings.
Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of a visionary artist whose work challenges colonial histories and celebrates ancestral knowledge.
About the Artist
Working from a remote Amazonian town in northern Peru, Santiago Yahuarcani creates large-scale, narrative-rich paintings exploring the relationship between the Uitoto people and the natural world.
Using natural pigments and materials, Yahuarcani's work exists outside of Western art history – instead harnessing the memories, history, and wisdom of his ancestors, the sacred knowledge of medicinal plants, the sounds of the jungle, and Uitoto myths that explain the multiple configurations of the universe.
Especially urgent in its retelling of the colonial extraction of natural resources and the enslavement of the Uitoto people during the Peruvian rubber boom, Yahuarcani’s art can be understood as an act of education and protest, vividly illustrating the natural scenery that once was.
Building on his presentation at the 60th Venice Biennale, The Beginning of Knowledge features more than 25 paintings from 2010 to the present, including new work and international loans.
Image: Santiago Yahuarcani, Sin título (Untitled) 2021, natural pigments and acrylic on llanchama, 60 x 87 cm. © Santiago Yahuarcani. Photo: CRISIS Gallery
Further Details:
Cost per person: £10.00
Booking deadline: 05/09/2025
When: Thursday 11 September at 2.00pm
Where: Meet outside the exhibition entrance
Cost: £10
Discover the powerful work of Santiago Yahuarcani in this special curator-led tour with Darren Pih, Head of Exhibitions and Collections at the Whitworth.
Explore the key themes, artworks, and stories behind The Beginning of Knowledge, a major exhibition delving into the relationship between the Uitoto people and the natural world.
Darren will share unique insights into the development of the show, Yahuarcani’s artistic practice, and the cultural context behind his large-scale, narrative-rich paintings.
Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of a visionary artist whose work challenges colonial histories and celebrates ancestral knowledge.
About the Artist
Working from a remote Amazonian town in northern Peru, Santiago Yahuarcani creates large-scale, narrative-rich paintings exploring the relationship between the Uitoto people and the natural world.
Using natural pigments and materials, Yahuarcani's work exists outside of Western art history – instead harnessing the memories, history, and wisdom of his ancestors, the sacred knowledge of medicinal plants, the sounds of the jungle, and Uitoto myths that explain the multiple configurations of the universe.
Especially urgent in its retelling of the colonial extraction of natural resources and the enslavement of the Uitoto people during the Peruvian rubber boom, Yahuarcani’s art can be understood as an act of education and protest, vividly illustrating the natural scenery that once was.
Building on his presentation at the 60th Venice Biennale, The Beginning of Knowledge features more than 25 paintings from 2010 to the present, including new work and international loans.
Image: Santiago Yahuarcani, Sin título (Untitled) 2021, natural pigments and acrylic on llanchama, 60 x 87 cm. © Santiago Yahuarcani. Photo: CRISIS Gallery
Further Details:
Cost per person: £10.00
Booking deadline: 05/09/2025
When: Thursday 11 September at 2.00pm
Where: Meet outside the exhibition entrance
Cost: £10
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