Untimely interventions in Central America. Public anti – ceremonial in the artwork of Regina José Galindo

Authors

  • Sergio Villena Fiengo Doctor in Studies of Society and Culture and Chair Professor Universidad de Costa Rica.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/regac2015.1.07

Keywords:

Contemporary Art, Central American Art, Public Interventions, Public Space, Historical Memory, Regina José Galindo

Abstract

Public memory retrieval is fundamental in Latin America, due to a long and tragic history of subjugation and repression, which most has remained unpunished and even forgotten. Contemporary art has contributed to the questioning of official history, opening a public discussion as a fundamental step to start building a fairer and more democratic society. In Central America, a region plagued by violence during a very long time, the Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo has made contentious and untimely interventions in public space that operate like "anti-celebrations" in order to confront official definition of the meaning of nation, community, identity, and history. This essay is a critical approach to Galindo’s contribution to the "work of memory".

 

Universidad de Costa Rica

Author Biography

Sergio Villena Fiengo, Doctor in Studies of Society and Culture and Chair Professor Universidad de Costa Rica.

Sergio Villena Fiengo es Doctor en Estudios de la Sociedad y la Cultura.  Profesor catedrático en la Universidad de Costa Rica.  Ha publicado diversos ensayos sobre arte contemporáneo centroamericano, entre ellos el libro “El perro está más vivo que nunca. Arte, infamia y contracultural” (2011) y los artículos “Regina Galindo: el arte de arañar el caos” (2010) y “The Ut(r )opian Globalization of Contemporary Central American Art” (2014). Contacto: sergio.villena@ucr.ac.cr

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www.reginajosegalindo.com

http://www.soy502.com/articulo/regina-galindo-expresa-musicaperformance-culpable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IznFWieOcs&list=PLSORe2h1_sQobyrspWl-5YEj013xaOwvT&index=1

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Published

2015-12-28

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2015): Rethinking the public sphere. Intersections between cultural practices and the collective scenario

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