Jorge Rosales
March 31, 2013 Taller Tupac Amaru
ART 301
I
thought it was very interesting that USF chose to bring Taller Tupac Amaru to
the Thatcher gallery because they are on the more “radical” side of the art
world. They have beautiful work but in a setting like USF it was a bit of a
surprise. It is very inspirational work because it focuses all on creating a
better world or at least a more conscience world that we live in. My favorite
piece at the gallery was “Zapateado De Los Muertos” which is a woman in front
of a green background with a skull covering half her face and she is looking
down at her feet. This image seemed very mysterious and powerful because it was
a reminder to people that death is something that exists in our everyday lives.
I sat in front of this poster for at least thirty minutes contemplating what
the meaning was behind such an image. During the panel discussion
one of the artists said something very important. Favianna said that most of
the times we ask artists to make posters for us after we have our ideas set on
what it is we want. She told us that this is a huge mistake because we are
simply asking the artist to take action by helping us with an already
conceptualized idea. We must include the artist in the process of brainstorming
and coming up with ideas according to Favianna. I fully agree with her because
it is the truth, most of the time we use the artist for the labor and not the
input of ideals. She also stated something along the lines of how sometimes
artists think on a bigger almost impossible scale sometimes and how this can be
helpful because it begins a change in conscience in people who see their art
work. I think if the artist is included in the ideals of a movement instead of
just the process it creates a stronger piece of work where the artist is also
connected to the movement instead of printing/creating already set in place
ideals.
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