Guyasamin Art Museum

Seeing Guyasamin’s art was amazing. I loved that there were videos along the way that we could get an idea of how he worked on his paintings. It was amazing to see the work he produced. I couldn’t believe that the one painting of the man only took him an hour. His work was stunning. Normally, I don’t get into art museums, but I loved the messages that he was portraying and the colors that he used. Aesthetically, his art was very dramatic. To me, it seemed quite modern. I loved the colors and dramatic faces. I loved that these paintings had a purpose. They covered very important issues like starvation, government, and war. He wanted there to be world peace. I think that his message came across clearly in his art. Some of his art reminded me of Picasso because the body parts were distorted. Some of the pieces you could move around and play around with how the painting would look in different scenarios. Politically, he painted the picture that our world has a lot of corruption. He showed the world in a darker light in order to bring people together. I loved this. He created pictures of historical events. One which portrayed children who suffered in gas chambers. Others showed fear or death overtaking people. He was proving a point. There are problems all over the world and in order to overcome them, we must all be willing to grab each other’s hands and help. The first step is to realize there is corruption in the world.

He is so important because he was exposing the issues in the world and strived for world peace. He looked at the world in a different light and really wanted people to recognize that there are issues. He looked deep into the characteristics of a person and wanted to portray their feelings from the inside—no matter how morbid it was. It was important for him to expose the negative. He was someone who stepped forward to call out countries and people all over the world for the bad things that have happened. He also had a meaning behind all of his pieces—making it relevant. He had a message to share and wasn’t afraid to share it.


It seems like his painting of the Chilean dictator was controversial because he is portrayed as a monster. He looks like he has sharp teeth. There appears to be blood on his face and the entire artwork is surrounded by black—which in this case could be an evil spirit or even suggesting he is a devil. In the corner of the painting, he wrote, “Pillo-Shit,” instead of Pinochet. He basically calls him a piece of shit. For people who supported Pinochet, this would come across extremely rude and derogatory. Many people would be offended because Pinochet was their leader. 

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