The 105 Artworks exhibited in Peru

Ignacio Noguerol (Lima, 1992) depicts an Andean flamingo, or parihuana, a typical bird of the Peruvian coast, set against dark patches that lend the landscape an apocalyptic tone, suggesting the fragility of a natural environment under constant threat. At the same time, the flamingo evokes the histo...

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The movement of water contained in these vessels produced a whistling sound. Shaking the vessel from side to side caused the water to pass through a hollow tube into the adjoining chamber. The movement of the water created a flow of air, which emerged with a whistling sound from the top of the vesse...

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The Recuay nation developed in the Áncash mountains approximately 1500 years ago. It was a contemporary of the Cajamarca and Moche cultures. The high walls and the lattices visible in the upper sections indicate that this may be a depiction of a fortress. In the interior, we see a group of individua...

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Masks like this one were placed in the tombs of rulers along with hundreds of other grave goods, the purpose of which was to highlight the status of the deceased. Some scholars believe that the figure depicted in this mask is Naylamp, the mythical founder of Lambayeque culture. It is probable that, ...

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Israel Tolentino (Huánuco, 1975) has sought to identify a spiritual and formal relationship between the work he produced in Lima and the distinct emotions produced by life in the highlands, specifically Huánuco and Áncash. Inspired by the skeletal remains of a camelid featured in a work by the Huánu...

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Ignacio Merino, a Piura-born artist, trained in Paris from an early age, and returned to his native Peru in 1838. Merino’s painting was characterized by his meticulous attention to the gestures and anatomy of his subjects. Following in the tradition of academic art, his aim was to achieve an idealiz...

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Jean Paul Zelada (Trujillo, 1972) references the Battle of Angamos (1879) in order to question the way in which this episode and Peruvian history in general have been constructed around the glorification of certain heroes. To this end, the artist has chosen to reproduce in paint a photo featuring th...

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Enrique Polanco was a disciple of Víctor Humareda, whose technique and subject matter influenced him from the 1970s. Polanco considers himself a figurative expressionist painter, hence the intense colors, the use of impasto or thick brushstrokes, and the sinuous lines. Social issues dominate his wor...

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In this large-format piece, Harry Chavez uses synthetic gems, plastic beads, and decals to generate an optical experience with spiritual echoes. The arrangement of the beads in mosaic form gives the piece a tactile presence which, combined with its scale and the brightness of the decals, generates a...

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“Natural vocation” is the most important work to emerge from the early stages of the artistic career of Carlos Baca-Flor. In his book “Lives”, Giorgio Vasari tells us that Giotto (1267-1337) was a humble shepherd boy, who in his moments of rest would draw his sheep on rocks. One day, the renowned ar...

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