▁ ▁Career ▁and ▁exhib itions ▁ ▁G uti ér rez ▁held ▁her ▁first ▁group ▁exhibition ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁before ▁going ▁to ▁study ▁in ▁France . ▁In ▁the ▁following ▁years , ▁she ▁had ▁solo ▁exhib itions ▁in ▁multiple ▁locations ▁including , ▁Bog ot á , ▁C uc uta , ▁Med ell in , ▁Buc aram anga , ▁where ▁she ▁displayed ▁several ▁works ▁such ▁as , ▁Los ▁que ▁son ▁( 1 9 6 8 ). ▁ ▁G uti ér rez ' s ▁work ▁was ▁influenced ▁by ▁Pop ▁Art ▁and ▁focus es ▁on ▁the ▁political ▁strugg les ▁of ▁Colombia , ▁as ▁seen ▁in ▁her ▁ 1 9 7 2 ▁painting ▁Seg u ire mos ▁dici endo ▁pat ria ', ▁which ▁port ray s ▁a ▁man ▁and ▁a ▁woman ▁being ▁hung ▁ups ide ▁down ▁by ▁their ▁an k les , ▁with ▁their ▁back s ▁turned ▁to ▁the ▁vie wer . ▁In ▁addition , ▁her ▁paint ings ▁were ▁a ▁representation ▁of ▁the ▁violence ▁during ▁the ▁time ▁between ▁the ▁people ▁and ▁the ▁dict ator ship . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁she ▁created ▁the ▁painting ▁Y ▁con ▁unos ▁la zos ▁me ▁iz aron ▁( And ▁they ▁lifted ▁me ▁up ▁with ▁ro pe ), ▁which ▁she ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁case ▁of ▁Dr . ▁Ol ga ▁López ▁who , ▁along ▁with ▁her ▁five - year - old ▁daughter , ▁was ▁arrested ▁un just ly ▁and ▁tort ured ▁by ▁Columb ian ▁police ▁officers ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁The ▁name ▁comes ▁from ▁López ' s ▁testim ony