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.
Much as Spain witnessed a boom in the arts post-Franco, so, since
the end of Pinochet's dictatorship in 1990, Chile has embraced an
era of new freedoms. 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
(especially West Coast) 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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