Lima's mayor confesses to cover-up of downtown murals
Lima's mayor confesses to cover-up of downtown murals
By Mitra Taj
LIMA Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:36am IST
(Reuters) - First a mural in downtown Lima that depicted indigenous Peruvian revolutionary Tupac Katari was painted over. Then one of a boy stacking bricks on top of books suffered the same fate.
Lima's arts community was incensed. And suspicious: The yellow paint covering the works evoked the hallmark colour of the new mayor's political party.
On Wednesday, after a third mural turned yellow, Mayor Luis Castaneda confirmed his government was behind the effort, literally covering up the traces of a predecessor who had welcomed the pieces. "They don't go with the historic centre," Castaneda said in a televised news briefing on Wednesday, shrugging off criticism.
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Castaneda, a conservative and populist leader, said erasing the artwork was merely part of his government's bid to revamp the historic centre.
More:
http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/03/12/peru-art-idINKBN0M82J820150312?rpc=401
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Mayor Luis Castaneda,
a man of the people.
What people?
Conservative people.[/center]
Can't afford to have any images around the city of indigenous Peruvians, the original people.
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Tupac Katari
Artist:
Jade Rivera – Mural in Lima, Peru
Jade Rivera was born in Junin, Peru in 1983. At seven months old and his mother migrated to Lima. Rivera grew up in the district of Chorrillos, attended a national school, where his curiosity was aroused by art, when he was eleven. Poor teaching of his school and his growing interest in art motivated him to devote more time to drawing and painting. [/center]
Here's an article on the great artist, Jade Rivera, the creator of the boy with bricks mural:
Jade Rivera’s Murals Explore Spiritual Connections Between People and Animals
by Nastia Voynovskaya
Posted on January 7, 2015
Rio San Juan, Dominican Republic
Peruvian artist Jade Rivera pays homage to the locals of his native Lima and other cities he visits in his travels with large-scale murals, watercolors, and oil paintings. His work typically starts with a realistically rendered human figure. Rivera adds surreal details by smudging the colors and adding ghostly silhouettes. He is particularly interested in the connection between humans and animals. Depicted in masks or as apparitions, the creatures in his work seem to function as spirit guides for the people he paints.
Lima, Peru
More:
http://hifructose.com/2015/01/07/jade-riveras-murals-explore-spiritual-connections-between-people-and-animals/
As you can see, the Lima mayor is destroying artwork admired throughout the Americas.
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