LaRoue - Blog #13

I would easily characterize Guyasamin’s art as bold with regards to its aesthetic and political levels.  When considering the physical qualities of many of his paintings and artwork there are often many eye-catching features.  The paintings especially have been created with very vivid colors and strong features.  They aren’t the most detailed creations compared to some creations made with pencils and small tipped utensils, but they are equally as artistic.  My favorite paintings only consisted of two colors over a white background.  One of the paintings that we saw of his was an absolute masterpiece and it only took him one hour to create.  His paintings are not only very pleasing to the eyes, but they are pleasing to the mind.  He creates art with deep meaning behind it.  Many of the meanings behind his creations are not the most pleasant, but they are pleasing in the sense of how powerful and true they are.  He creates depicting a lot of pain and suffering.  Ecuador and the rest of South America does not have the greatest of histories.  Many of his paintings portray slavery and suffering.  There is often a lot of anger in these paintings.  As well, we saw ones with mothers and children.  He creates art to make a statement for those that have the smallest voices.  As well, some of his more famous paintings include ones of Quito.  They are powerful images that he creates with themes of different colors.  They are open to interpretation.  To restate what I initially said, it was Guyasamin’s artistic ability to create such masterpieces with the powerful meanings within them that pushes me to call his creates as bold.

Just as I just stated, I believe Guyasamin created a voice for the people that don’t really have one.  He gave people a face and a voice in a way that was effective.  People understood what he was trying to create.  In addition, Guyasamin created some absolute masterpieces.  With his meaning and influences with his creations as well as his style, he could become the important figure in Ecuadorian culture that is he today.


Guyasamin’s painting of Chilean dictator, Augosto Pinochet is once again very bold.  This painting in particular creates some controversial thoughts in my head because he states it like he thinks it should be.  Most of his paintings make bold statements but are easier for an open interpretation.  This painting shows death.  There is no way around it.  I believe it was ultimately removed because of this.  There are always two sides to the story.  This painting only depicted the one.  I think that it is fair to consider the other side.  Maybe this dictator was a horrible person, but not everyone believes that.  As well, Guyasamin is from Ecuador, specifically Quito. This painting is of someone that did not directly pertain to him.  Perhaps the controversy was based off whether it was any of Guyasamin’s business with this opinion.

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