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title: "There Is No Room for Art Here"
summary: "There Is No Room for Art Here. Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. Photo credits: Blanton Museum of art Click on the image to enlarge In 1972, Caro wrote “There is no room for art here” in crowded, unspaced letters in the corner of a room."
description: "Photo credits: Blanton Museum of art Click on the image to enlarge In 1972, Caro wrote “There is no room for art here” in crowded, unspaced letters in the corner of a room."
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Publicado: 9 of November of 2021

# There Is No Room for Art Here

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[Gallery 4. Democracy](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/4-democracia/)

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**Photo credits: Blanton Museum of art**  
Click on the image to enlarge

#### Antonio Caro

1972-2014  
Acrylic on cardboard

In 1972, Caro wrote “There is no room for art here” in crowded, unspaced letters in the corner of a room. This serves as a metaphor for the lack of political spaces for expression and participation. Alongside the tight phrase appear the names of students, trade unionists, and indigenous people murdered due to political persecution in the country. Since then, the artist has questioned whether, amidst war, it is possible to realise the dream of democracy. Article 270 of the Constitution establishes participatory democracy and various mechanisms to exercise it, but, as Caro’s work suggests for art, one might ask: Is there room here for democracy?

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#### See

[About the Artwork](https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.25025/hart09.2021.11)

[About the Artist](https://esferapublica.org/nfblog/aqui-aun-no-cabe-arte/)

[Sentencia T-104 de 1996](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/1996/t-104-96.htm)

[Sentencia T-391 de 2007](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2007/T-391-07.htm)

[Return to room 4. Democracy](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/4-democracia/)

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