Painter Yuly Monción Opens Up About Her Life, Art and Journey in Ciudad Abajo
Painter Yuly Monción shares her memories in an intimate conversation about her craft, her hands and her arrival in the capital from her hometown.
Key points
- The interview is part of the "Ciudad Abajo" series and aims for a relaxed, close conversation.
- Monción recalls arriving in the capital from her hometown with her clothes and materials, determined to become a painter.
- She describes her creative process as an intense physical movement: palette knife, mixing, staining.
- The conversation takes place in a Colonial Zone restaurant with a rooftop-turned-patio feel.
Painter Yuly Monción, whose full name is Yolanda Monción Fermín, took part in an intimate conversation as part of the Ciudad Abajo interview series, according to Acento. The meeting sets aside the formal questionnaire to get closer to the person behind the artist.
According to the outlet, the interviewer avoided protocol questions and preferred to listen, letting the artist pause and think out loud. The talk took place at a restaurant in the Colonial Zone, in a setting Acento describes as a rooftop turned into a patio.
Monción spoke about arriving in the capital from her hometown with the clothes and materials she needed, determined to dedicate herself to painting. Explaining her process, the artist described creation as a full physical movement: she uses a palette knife, mixes and stains, and works with her whole body. Acento notes that she talks with her hands, moving them when she remembers and when she searches for words.
The conversation moved through different moments of her life and work without following a linear order. According to the text, the artist went from everyday life to recalling studios, places of training and her first steps as a creator.