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title: "THE INNER BODY"
summary: "THE INNER BODY. Página institucional de Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional en la Universidad Externado de Colombia. These flesh-toned girdles hang from hooks strung across a room, resembling a uniform line of people."
description: "These flesh-toned girdles hang from hooks strung across a room, resembling a uniform line of people."
url: "https://www.uexternado.edu.co/en/amaranto-museo-virtual/5-poderes/el-cuerpo-de-adentro/"
type: "page"
language: "en-US"
site: "Universidad Externado de Colombia"
section: "Amaranto Museo Virtual de Derecho Constitucional"
updated: "2026-06-12T09:51:19-05:00"
---

Publicado: 10 of November of 2021

# THE INNER BODY

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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/El-cuerpo-de-adentro-Leonel-Castaneda.jpg)

**Photo credits: Óscar Monsalve**  
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#### Leonel Castañeda

2016  
Facility  
variable dimensions.

These flesh-toned girdles hang from hooks strung across a room, resembling a uniform line of people. They serve as a powerful metaphor for bodily self-control and society’s ongoing pressure to reshape the body—even at the expense of health and free will. Castañeda explores the vulnerability and fragility of the body when confronted with external forces that seek to mould it. The self is not merely a bundle of limbs and organs, but also a being that longs for protection and self-recognition. Article 33 of the Constitution establishes the right against self-incrimination as an expression of individual freedom, thereby prohibiting declarations against oneself or one’s family members.

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#### See

[About the Artwork](https://www.leonelcastanedagaleano.com/about)

[About the Artist](https://www.leonelcastanedagaleano.com/el-cuerpo-de-adentro)

[Sentencia T-321-17 No autoincriminación familiares](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2017/t-321-17.htm)

[Sentencia C-776-01 Garantia no autoincriminación](https://www.corteconstitucional.gov.co/relatoria/2001/C-776-01.htm)

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

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