StreetArtChile

ClickontheGooglePreviewimageabovetoreadsomepagesofthisbook!Chilehaslongbeenacentreforradicalpropagandapainting.Asearlyas1940leadingMexicanandChileanartists,includingDavidAlfaroSiqueiros,FernandoMarcosandGregoriodelaFuente,werepaintingmuralsinChile.Today,LatinAmericanstreetartisasinnovativeasanyintheworld,andChileplaysaleadingpart.MuchasSpainwitnessedaboomintheartspost-Franco,so,sincetheendofPinochetsdictatorshipin1990,Chilehasembracedaneraofnewfreedoms.Chilehasmadeupforlosttime.ThecontemporaryartistsandgraffiterosshownonthesepageshavetheirrootsinLatinAmericanpropagandisticmurals,butlookforward.ArtistssuchasBomberWest,CharquiPunk,DanaPink,Elodio,Inti,Piguan,PussyzSoulFood,RitalinCrew,VazkoandYisaareinformedbyLatinAmerican,EuropeanandNorthAmerican(especiallyWestCoast)artandmusic,buthavetheirownChileanslant.Theircarefullyplannedvisualandverbaljokes,strategiesandtechniquesarederivedfromanarrayofsources:Picasso,Surrealism,Pop,S?oPaulosOsGêmoes,VitcheandHerbert,Brazilianpicha?aolettering,Peruvianphotorealism,Argentinestencils,Bolivianhatsandmasks,USsubwaygraffiti,hiphop,punk,Barcelonasstreetart,Japaneseanimation,pornography,Gilbert&George,Britart,Bansky.Theresultingmixtureisanarchic,accessibleart.AllpartsofChilearecovered,fromAricatoPuntaArenas,withspecialfocusonSantiagoandValparaíso,bothkeycentresofLatinAmericanstreetart.DistinctivecitiessuchasIquique,Chillán,ConcepciónandPuertoMontt,andareasofthecountryrarelyseen,arefeatured.ThebookincludesanintroductiontothehistoryandflavourofChileanstreetart;aglossaryofgraffititerms;manifestos;andtranslationsofallthegraffitishown.