Chilean Art

For the next assignment, we were asked to look at different artists. We also had to see how they differed from each other in their techniques and such.

The different artists we were asked to look into were:
- Jorge Tacla
- Papas Fritas
- Ignacio Valdes
- Roberto Matta

One of the first ones that stood out to me was Ignacio Valdes. He put on a show of the series of sculptures that he made from the rubble and other fragments of houses. The rubble and fragments of the houses were the cause of the earthquake that occurred in February 2010. Ignacio Valdes is quotes saying

"As an artist I try to create with the materials... I think that all these woods and pieces were very expressive with all these nails retaining or encapsulating a lot of energy."

I also really like the artist Papas Fritas. I really liked the story of how they took all of the college students' loans and set them on fire. He then made a piece of art with the ashes. Like no joke, that would be lovely because then there would be no record of anybody's student loans.