Art Exhibits--cool things I've seen in museums

José Carlos Martinat, Lima 1974
images from http://www.bienalmercosul.art.br/7bienalmercosul/en/jose-carlos-martinat
More information can be found at the same link

Juan Javier Salazar, Lima 1955
Algo va'pasar
Carpeta Arte al Paso
1980
image from http://culturales-circuito.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html

Ricardo Wiesse and Manuel Figari
Cantuta
1995
Image from http://sientemag.com/tag/cantuta

This art project commemorates the death of 9 university students during Peru's 20 years of terrorism (1980-2000).

The La Cantuta Massacre, in which a university professor and nine students from La Cantuta University in Lima were abducted by a military death squad and "disappeared," took place in Peru on 18 July 1992 during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori. The Incident occurred two days after the Shining Path's Tarata bombing, which left over 40 dead in Lima Province.

The incident was among the crimes noted in the conviction of Fujimori, on April 7, 2009, on charges of human rights abuses. (Copied from http://en.wikipedia.or/wiki/Alberto_Fujimori's_arrest_and_trial where you can find more information about this history).

The cantuta is a type of plant that produces blooms in the form of the red shapes depicted in the photograph. It is the national flower of Peru. The Inca Legend associated with la cantuta reveals the profoundness of this exhibition and the connections between the symbolism of this project, the name of the university, and the message it conveys with regards to the country's 20 years of sorrow (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantuta ).

ALSO I saw one of these guys in the street today. They are absolutely amazing, I highly recommend you check out this video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY1Lr-yGtd8&feature=related


There were a whole bunch of other art exhibits, photos and paintings that I wanted to post, but couldn't find them online. For something so vast, the internet can be highly disappointing.