Mission Statement

The purpose of the blog is to serve as my personal and professional research journal for future thesis and dissertation ideas; to promote Peruvian artists living and working in the United States, Peru, and Germany; to encourage readers to learn about Peruvian culture, travel, and the arts; and finally to establish a means of visibility to the world on topics in Latin American art.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

New Page on Facebook!

Dear Readers,

An announcement must be in place: I now manage a page on Facebook! It is called "Support Modern & Contemporary Peruvian Art," I have added/shared links to articles specifically on Peruvian artists/artwork in Peru/United States.

It is currently under construction given that I have NOT chosen a profile picture or cover photo for the page. But once I do, it will become public and I will be able to invite friends and family to like the page. I am very excited about this new addition to my ever-expanding resources.

Next stop: Graduate School?

We will see how this goes. I still need to apply for graduate schools and write my sample. I will be dedicating my writing sample to a Contemporary Peruvian-American artist, Kukuli Velarde, whom I have yet to write a full biography about on this blog. That would need to happen as soon as possible!

All the updates I have for now.

Friday, October 17, 2014

Commencement of Peruvian Artists Pages

Dear Readers,

New Beginnings! "Curator - An Independent Agency" has been temporarily changed to "Curatorial Independence - Transparency and Scholarship." The title will be changing for the next couple of months as I try to come up with a solid introductory blog and resource enhancing contemporary Peruvian art/artists.

My intentions are to not only promote visibility in the United States, but also to encourage art historical scholarship. There is very little scholarship on modern or contemporary Peruvian art because it is viewed as part of an overall art historical diaspora known as "Latin American art." Latin American art is beginning to separate into niches according to its/their appropriate diaspora or country. Only recently, Cuban art and Argentinian art have legitimized their diaspora partially due to political and social turmoil. Each country in Latin America has an art story to tell. I hope I can be one art historian, of Peruvian ancestry, to deliver scholarship on modern and contemporary Peruvian art.

In terms of teaching, I would love to lecture seminar and survey courses on this topic. I know I have a great deal to learn about the history of Peru and the historiography of Peru, which I am researching and reading on my free time. Two impactful moments in Peru's social and political history that are critical to artistic production in Peru were the presence of terrorism by Sendero Luminoso (1980- present) and MRTA (1982-1997), and the administration of Alberto Fujimori, "Fujimorismo," and the Fujimori corruption (1990-2000).

Peru has grown to be an independent, stable, and prolific country. It's greatest revelation began with the discovery and transparency of Machu Picchu by Hiram Bingham in 1911. Archaeological and astrological importance phased into existence during the late 1960s. The colonial period (17th - 18th-centuries) may have been the beginning of Peru's art scene, which later flourishes in 19th-century romanticism and the Indigenismo movement in the 20th-century.

History is exciting, folks! Until next time...