Chilean Art

In my opinion, art is one of the best ways to understand the culture of any country or civilization. I for one am a huge art nerd and am more than excited to see the art in Chile. I am very familiar with European and American Art, but I am not as educated on South American art so this topic was particularly appealing to me. The videos we were asked to read really opened my eyes to many of the important artists Chile has to offer.






One theme I found present in the art we looked at was reliving important events. Jorge Tacla, for example, takes of both Chile's Coup d'etat and the 9/11 attacks. Art is an outlet for emotions and his art really encompasses this. Other artists do this as well. You can see this in the art of Pure Evil and the exhibition of the earthquake rubble. Chilean art, like the music, also seems to have a heavy focus on injustice and social issues. Papas Fritas for example is known as Chile's own Robin Hood. I would love to see his displays as I thought this was a very interesting concept. Robert Matta's art is a little bit different. His art is part of the surrealism movement and is more classical art than some of the contemporary art mentioned.






Out of all the art we learned about, I am most excited to see the street art in Valparaiso. I've done some research and the city looks beautiful and I don't know if pictures will be able to do it justice. I'm also hoping to do some museum hoping and exploring to find some of my own favorite art pieces.