The Past in the Present: The Work of Edgar Negret and Eduardo Ramírez-Villamizar
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https://doi.org/10.18272/anima.v1i.2119Keywords:
pre-Columbian art, geometric abstraction, pre-Columbian makers, Colombian art, Latin American artAbstract
During the 20th Century, Art History of Colombian and Latin-American Art took charge of revising the work of artists Edgar Negret and Eduardo Ramírez-Villamizar, from abstraction to the important changes their geometrical language generated in the Colombian artistic scene. However, despite it being a recurrent theme in his painting, titles and discourses, the interest of these artists for the Pre-Columbian art has been secondary. This proposal thus seeks to analyze the way in which Negrete and Ramírez- Villamizar faced the Pre-Columbian artifacts and how this legacy is reflected in their works. Confirming that, through geometry and materials, the Colombian artists seek to reconnect the Pre-Columbian past with the modern present, building a bridge that allows the Pre-Columbian to be incorporated in Modern Art and considered as a source for coming artists.
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