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Ariel Cabrera's project is interested in intervening and dismantling the historical narratives of our nations from the realm of contemporary painting. For this purpose, he executes rewriting and crossing out procedures, critical readings, and fictionalization of those gray areas pending documentation. This approach thinks of national history as a scenario of hegemonic narratives proposed by the power that will condition the image and behaviors of today's societies. Ariel intervenes in the past at will, plays with the notion of “the legitimate” and “the real,” and weaves new …