Document Type
Other
Date of this Version
5-2015
Abstract
How has 20th century Indigenous/Indigenist art influenced the ways in which Indigenous peoples of Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico were viewed? By comparing painting’s representative qualities and photography’s manipulation of reality, we can begin to understand what the art evoked in the public sphere, and how it functioned to change the public’s perceptions of Indigenous peoples in these areas. Shifting representations and the concept of (de)colonizing representations will illuminate the ways in which people have viewed varying degrees of indigeneity.
Keywords
Indigenism, Indigenous representations, (de)colonizing representations, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, color, Indigenist art, Indigenous art, Egas, Kingman, Guayasamín, Sabogal, Chambi, Álvarez Bravo, Iturbide
Included in
History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, Latin American Languages and Societies Commons, Photography Commons
Date Posted: 18 November 2016
Comments
This paper was part of the 2014-2015 Penn Humanities Forum on Color. Find out more at http://www.phf.upenn.edu/annual-topics/color.