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  • Country: Colombia
  • Category: Painting
  • Technique: Acrylic
  • Medium: Textile
  • Theme: Animals
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  • Tags: expresionismo abstracto

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SERIE MATACHINES

PRESENTACIÓN

El matachín es un elemento de la cultura popular del Tolima Grande, sin desconocer, por supuesto, su presencia en otras latitudes como México y otros países de Centroamérica, África y España.
En el Tolima Grande tiene una significación especial pues la danza de los Matachines representa la lucha entre los espíritus protectores precolombinos, convertidos en maléficos por la colonización española y su abanderada la religión católica, y el diablo, símbolo del mal en el cristianismo. Los espíritus protectores precolombinos encarnan en animales y entablan la eterna lucha para derrotar al diablo. De forma simbólica, los Matachines son la lucha ancestral por la supervivencia de una cultura aborigen diezmada por la evangelización.

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Benhur Surez Pitalito Sanchez (Huila), 1946. Artist and writer. EstudiDibujo artistic at the University of Los Andes and Colombian Drawing School of Art. Editorial Design specializes in Venezuela, Brazil, Spain and France; Management Editorial Javeriana University, Human Resources and Administration, Universidad de los Andes. Dirigiel Huilense Institute of Culture (1972-1974), the Department of Art Publishers Will (1975-1981), and was Editorial Director of Education Publishers (1981-1984) was...

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