The Macba begins to celebrate its 30th anniversary this Friday with the first major European exhibition of the Colombian artist based in New York Carlos Motta (Bogotá, 1978), entitled Prayers of resistance (until October 26). With more than 25 years of experience, Motta is known for his analysis of the weight of the Catholic religion in the foundations of colonialism in Latin America, and for his efforts to rewrite colonialist historical narratives and give voice again to the individuals and communities that were crushed. His works highlight that the impact of this entire colonial past is fully alive today. "There is a large part of my work in which I have reflected on ancient Europe, the Europe of the conquest of the American territories by the Spanish and Portuguese empires. The Eurocentric, hegemonic, imperialist discourse has been foundational for these works in which I challenge the categories of knowledge that were imported through the conquest," he warns. "I have not yet worked on contemporary European policies in relation to coloniality and racism," he adds, "but I have dealt with them a lot from the American context. In some way, the Eurocentric idea corresponds to the Global North, whether specifically European or American, and the North-South division remains quite marked."