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Street Art Chile

Rod Palmer

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English
Eight Books
01 July 2008
Graffiti & street art
Chile has long been a centre for radical propaganda painting. As early as 1940 leading Mexican and Chilean artists, including David Alfaro Siqueiros, Fernando Marcos and Gregorio de la Fuente, were painting murals in Chile. Today, Latin American street art is as innovative as any in the world, and Chile plays a leading part.

Since the end of Pinochet's dictatorship in 1990, Chile has made up for lost time. The contemporary artists and graffiteros shown on these pages have their roots in Latin American propagandistic murals, but look forward. Artists such as Bomber West, Charqui Punk, Dana Pink, Elodio, Inti, Piguan, Pussyz Soul Food, Ritalin Crew, Vazko and Yisa are informed by Latin American, European and North American art and music, but have their own Chilean slant.

Their carefully planned visual and verbal jokes, strategies and techniques are derived from an array of sources: Picasso, Surrealism, Pop, Sao Paulo's Os Gemoes, Vitche and Herbert, Brazilian pichacao lettering, Peruvian photorealism, Argentine stencils, Bolivian hats and masks, US subway graffiti, hip hop, punk, Barcelona's street art, Japanese animation, pornography, Gilbert & George, Brit art, Bansky. The resulting mixture is anarchic, accessible art.

All parts of Chile are covered, from Arica to Punta Arenas, with special focus on Santiago and Valparaiso, both key centres of Latin American street art. Distinctive cities such as Iquique, Chillan, Concepcion and Puerto Montt, and areas of the country rarely seen, are featured.

The book includes an introduction to the history and flavour of Chilean street art; a glossary of graffiti terms; manifestos; and translations of all the graffiti shown.
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Imprint:   Eight Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 220mm,  Width: 220mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   610g
ISBN:   9780955432217
ISBN 10:   0955432219
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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