Modernizar la tradición. Carlos Rojas en Artesanías de Colombia durante los años 70

This paper analyzes Carlos Rojas´ work in the public-private enterprise “Artesanías de Colombia” during the 1970s. During his administration there was a modernization in the way of conceptualizing, producing and putting into circulation the handcrafts in this South American country. The hypothesis o...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fea2b74a8df543d7b6c86dfb2572e7652021-12-02T10:35:21ZModernizar la tradición. Carlos Rojas en Artesanías de Colombia durante los años 701626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.71626https://doaj.org/article/fea2b74a8df543d7b6c86dfb2572e7652017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/71626https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252This paper analyzes Carlos Rojas´ work in the public-private enterprise “Artesanías de Colombia” during the 1970s. During his administration there was a modernization in the way of conceptualizing, producing and putting into circulation the handcrafts in this South American country. The hypothesis of this work argues that Rojas – an important Colombian abstract artist – went across the themes, functions, techniques and materials of rural crafts from modern art language. This art crafts process of modernization – that involves operations of synthesis and condensation of formal elements and the renewal of chromatic aspects – carried out by Rojas from “Artesanías de Colombia” sought a national and international circulation and consumption. This work does not pretend to carry out an exhaustive study of the Colombian craft. Some examples of handcrafts will be analyzed as varnish of the city of Pasto (barniz de Pasto-Department of Nariño), animals figures made from wood (Bogotá) and Tagua seed carvings (Chiquinquirá).María Amalia GarcíaCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleHandcraftsColombiaRojas (Carlos)Modern ArtTraditionAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2017)
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language EN
FR
PT
topic Handcrafts
Colombia
Rojas (Carlos)
Modern Art
Tradition
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle Handcrafts
Colombia
Rojas (Carlos)
Modern Art
Tradition
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
María Amalia García
Modernizar la tradición. Carlos Rojas en Artesanías de Colombia durante los años 70
description This paper analyzes Carlos Rojas´ work in the public-private enterprise “Artesanías de Colombia” during the 1970s. During his administration there was a modernization in the way of conceptualizing, producing and putting into circulation the handcrafts in this South American country. The hypothesis of this work argues that Rojas – an important Colombian abstract artist – went across the themes, functions, techniques and materials of rural crafts from modern art language. This art crafts process of modernization – that involves operations of synthesis and condensation of formal elements and the renewal of chromatic aspects – carried out by Rojas from “Artesanías de Colombia” sought a national and international circulation and consumption. This work does not pretend to carry out an exhaustive study of the Colombian craft. Some examples of handcrafts will be analyzed as varnish of the city of Pasto (barniz de Pasto-Department of Nariño), animals figures made from wood (Bogotá) and Tagua seed carvings (Chiquinquirá).
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author María Amalia García
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title Modernizar la tradición. Carlos Rojas en Artesanías de Colombia durante los años 70
title_short Modernizar la tradición. Carlos Rojas en Artesanías de Colombia durante los años 70
title_full Modernizar la tradición. Carlos Rojas en Artesanías de Colombia durante los años 70
title_fullStr Modernizar la tradición. Carlos Rojas en Artesanías de Colombia durante los años 70
title_full_unstemmed Modernizar la tradición. Carlos Rojas en Artesanías de Colombia durante los años 70
title_sort modernizar la tradición. carlos rojas en artesanías de colombia durante los años 70
publisher Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
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