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THE WALLS AS A MIRROR OF WHAT WE ARE, PART II
Latin American artists intervening spaces, generating memory, integrating cultures.
East wall, Osorno Municipal Market, 2022, Chile. Javier Barriga ,Francisco Maturana and Govani Zamora
"The figure of the muralist as a hermit has to be left behind, I want to be part of the change, to encourage the muralist to become a being integrated to society and working hard from within".Javier Barriga @grasosobremagro
When an image becomes monumental its meaning also grows...
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THE WALLS AS A MIRROR OF WHAT WE ARE
Latin American artists intervening spaces, generating memory, integrating cultures.
INTI Castro : “Exodus” in Rabat Morocco Jaidar-Tailes de rue, 2015"A mural has the power to have a conversation with the viewer, as long as that person is open to dialogue"
Inti Castro
Amidst an overpopulation of tags and naïve faded drawings left by graffiti from the eighties to the end of the nineties... -
Blast Gallery finds its artists
When everything started
"I love limitations,because they are the cause of inspiration "
SUSAN SONTAG
As a start, this statement by Sontag was the exact place where we found ourselves, two art historian friends...