Ríos de sangre
This work is called Lágrimas de sangre or "Tears of blood".
It was painted as a tribute to Salvador Allende, Pablo Neruda and Victor Jara, all of whom were Chilean writers and political activists. Allende and Jara died during the military coup in Chile on el once de septiembre 1973 (a day that apparently holds negative connotations in more places than just the states). This is a very sensitive topic in Chile and the rest of the southern cone due to the use of clandestine concentration camps and the thousands of "desaparecidos" or the "disappeared," almost none of which have ever been found. It has also come out in recent years that the installation of military dictatorships and subsequent persecution of many people in not only Chile, but also Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia and Paraguay, was known about and supported by the CIA of the United States. These coups were aimed to "eliminate Marxist subversion" something that the U.S. obviously agreed with, since these events, now known as "Plan Condor," took place in the context of the Cold War. This has been a big topic of discussion during the seminar that I've been taking, especially since the leader of my study abroad group was also a political prisoner during that time.
"I cried because I didn't have shoes, until I saw a child that didn't have feet."
El Toro y el Cóndor
Oswaldo Guayasamín was an Ecuadorian painter and sculptor, who was born and raised in Quito, and his self-built museum was our last stop before we left Ecuador.
It's called la Capilla del Hombre, or "The Chapel of Man" and the architecture was absolutely amazing. This picture is of the dome there that he painted himself. Overall, his works mainly depict themes of oppression, racism, poverty and class division in South America, especially among the indigenous population.
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