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title: "OBJECT JOURNAL 2, BOCAGRANDE II"
summary: "OBJECT JOURNAL 2, BOCAGRANDE II. Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. Photo credits: Museo La Tertulia Click on the image to enlarge 1978-9 Acrylic, polyethylene bags, objects found on the beach of Bocagrande, Tumaco 70 X 35 in A series of objects stored in plastic bags and arranged in rows show the variety of items the artist randomly collected during a walk along the beaches of Bocagrande in Tumaco."
description: "Photo credits: Museo La Tertulia Click on the image to enlarge 1978-9 Acrylic, polyethylene bags, objects found on the beach of Bocagrande, Tumaco 70 X 35 in A series of objects stored in plastic bags and arranged in rows show the variety of items the artist randomly collected during a walk along the beaches of Bocagrande in Tumaco."
url: "https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/diario-objeto-2-bocagrande-ii/"
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language: "en-US"
site: "Universidad Externado de Colombia"
section: "Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional"
updated: "2026-06-12T09:56:41-05:00"
---

Publicado: 10 of November of 2021

# OBJECT JOURNAL 2, BOCAGRANDE II

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[Gallery 5. Powers](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/)

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](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Bocagrande-II-Alicia-Barney-Museo-La-Tertulia.jpg)

**Photo credits: Museo La Tertulia**  
Click on the image to enlarge

#### Alicia Barney C

1978-9  
Acrylic, polyethylene bags, objects found on the beach of Bocagrande, Tumaco  
70 X 35 in

A series of objects stored in plastic bags and arranged in rows show the variety of items the artist randomly collected during a walk along the beaches of Bocagrande in Tumaco. The use of the objet trouvé or found object—typical of modern and contemporary artistic practices—serves as a mechanism to highlight the amount of rubbish and industrial waste found in natural environments. In doing so, the work challenges current consumption dynamics and the footprint of a globalised world facing a climate emergency, driven by neglect for nature conservation. The piece questions the guarantee of the rights to health, environmental sanitation, and public services entrusted to the State, as established in Article 49 of the Colombian Constitution.

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#### See

[About the Artwork](https://www.aliciabarneycaldas.com/el-paisaje-alternativo)

[About the Artist](https://icaa.mfah.org/s/es/item/1087494#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-1116%2C0%2C3930%2C2199)

[Sentencia C-449 de 2015. Saneamiento ambiental](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/RELATORIA/2015/C-449-15.htm)

[Sentencia SU-442 de 1997. Derecho a un ambiente sano y saneamiento ambiental](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/1997/SU442-97.htm)

[Return to room 5. Powers](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/)

[](https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/improductividad/)

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