Museo de Arte: Precolombino, Colonial, Moderno

Hoy fuimos a un museo de arte precolombino, colonial, y moderno. Diego del Corral, el presidente de la Academia Latinoamericana fue nuestro guia y nos enseno mucho. El arte del museo es parte de una coleccion privada de Oswaldo Guayasamin. EL artista tuvo tres periodos distintos en su vida artistica. El periodo enojado fue primero, el segundo fue de tristeza y finalmente el periodo de amor. Guayasamin era un buen amigo de Diego Rivera y quien le ayudo traer el arte de muralismo a Ecuador. Se llama a Guayasamin el Picasso de las Americas.

Durante el periodo de enojo pinto esta cuadra del violencia en las calles de Quito. Porque no tuvo mucho dinero comprar los materiales tipicos uso cuatro pedazos de telas y los conecto. La pintura del chico tambien es del periodo de enojo y es la pintura favorita de la coleccion de Teresa y yo.

La tercera cuadra es del periodo de tristeza y trata del maltratemiento de los indigenas de Ecuador y "el desubrimiento" del Rio Amazonas por los espanoles. Primeramente cuando encontraron el rio pensaron que fuera el oceano y lo llamaron "Maranon" porque era tan grande. Despues de probar el agua, realizaron que fuera agua dulce.

La ultima pintura es una sola parte de una pintura grandisma en cual Guayasamin usa la mano expresar sentimientos. Esta mano significa el egoista.

Diego took Teresa and I to a magificant art museum that displayed the private collection of a famous Ecuadorian artist by the name of Oswaldo Guayasamin.

The precolombian portion of the museum containd artifacts from many of the some the 26 different indigenous populations from the area. The collection included figurines that had a woman on one side and a fallic represenation on the other. This signified the importance of the woman and also the imporance of fertility. They would bury the figures as they planted thier seeds in hopes of having a plentiful crop. The collection also included many types of vases used for everything from burial containers to flutes. Some of the vases were in the shapes of animals and were used and drinking glasses. As you would suck on the mouthpiece to take a drink the vase would produce the sound of the animal in which it was shaped.

The colonial portion of the museum contained a plethora of paintings and stautes of Jesus and Mary. It also contained portions of colonial cathedrals and clothing from that time period.

The modern collection was art by Guayasamin himself. During his life he painted in three distinct periods- anger, sadness, and love. The 1st painting above was from his period of anger and expressed his aversion to the violence in the streets of Quito. He painted it for a final project for graduation from art school but becuase he was so poor he could not afford a regular piece of canvass. Instead he used 4 pieces of cloth and contected them. The painting of the young boy was from the same period and was Teresa and I's favorite.

The next painting is from the period of sadness and is a depiction of the spaniards enslaving the indigenous people on an exploratory expedition. During the expedition they "discovered" the Amazon river but because it was so large they believed it was the ocean and called it Maranon. Afer tasting the water they realized it was fresh water and named it the Amazon River.

The final painting is one part of a huge painting where Guayasamin uses hands to express emotions. This painting was supposed to project greed.

The quote was a famous statement from Guayasamin that means "Keep the light on, I will always be back".