Peruvian Contemporary Art
During my last vacation in Peru, I realized that I knew nothing about contemporary art in this country. In the newspaper El Commercio with its section Luces, I found somes interestings articles and especially one about an next exhibition in Paris in February "Peruvian Contemporary Art".
Tension by Alberto Guzman, 2017
The first two editions ComparArt(website is only about the edition of 2014 and 2016) took place at the Museo de la Nacion en Lima (Péru), 72 artists and 50,000 visitors to see all forms of artistic expression, from painting to urban arts thanks to the artist Malena Santillana, member of the America Latina group at the Salon Comparaisons (Grand Palais, Paris) and curator for ComparArt.
Hombres de Chan Chan by Gerardo Chavez, oil, 1995
This year, ComparArt 2018 visits France during three weeks at Fondation Taylor and Drouot, auction house to expose 20 peruvian contemporary artists. From February 1st to 24th, a very good exhibition to discover the Peruvian art scene (or deepen).
Mechanical Sculpture by Fabian Sanchez
20 artists Gerardo Chavez, Fabian Sanchez, Jota Castro, Hermán Braun-Vega, Fernando de la Jara, Enrique Polanco... But also sculptures of Alberto Guzman who died last November in Paris.
- Fabien Sanchez visual artist born 1935, know for his escultura mecanica.
In 1995 working on Tu y Yo
- Gerard Chavez plastic artist from Trujillo (born 1937)
Le macheur et les chiens, oil, 1974
Alberto Guzmán, sculptor (1927,2017)
Jota Castro (1965), plastic artist working in France
Hermán Braun-Vega, painter born 1933 and working in Paris, France.
Autoportrait en famille (Picasso, Vélasquez et Rembrandt), acrylic on wood, 2012
Fernando de la Jara artist born 1948 and working in Germany since 1987
Carlos Enrique Polanco, painter born 1953
Las iluminaciones. Homenaje a Martín Chambi
And also, Alberto Quintanilla, Rafael Hastings, Martin Salazar, Gionnina Lanata, Ana de Orbegoso, Angel Chavez, Ana Maria Westphalen, Cesar Delgado Wixan, Gino Ceccarelli, Pablo Blanco, Annie Flores, Olga Luna. Great artists, a lot to discover (for me)...
Enjoy Inside by Malena Santillana
Sources:
Biography :
Malena Santillana
Alberto Guzmán on Wiki
Gerard Chavez on Wiki
Jota Castro
Hermán Braun-Vega
Fernando de la Jara on Wiki
Carlos Enrique Polanco on Wiki