Jun
19
2010
The Murals of Revolutionary Nicaragua, 1979-1992
Posted by THAT Painter Lady in Faux Painters
Product Description
In the years following Nicaragua’s 1979 Sandinista Revolution, more than three hundred murals were created by Nicaraguan and international artist brigades. David Kunzle was profoundly moved by the aesthetic and political power of these murals, and when he saw that they were being destroyed after the Sandinistas were voted out in 1990, he resolved to document them. This visually exciting, emotionally compelling book is the result of his efforts.
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I remembered Chile’s composer Victor Jara was killed during the first days of the fascist dictatorships in that SouthAmerica nation. Jara represented a member of the people whose songs made become anger several military officials becaus eof the high revolutionary contents they expressed.
A similar concept happened with the murals in Nicaragua and well… what can I say when hospitals and medical centers were classified as military targets and the murals…too? Nothing.
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