Abstract

LOPEZ GET, Anthony. The grotesque and the Latin American contemporary art. Reflexiones [online]. 2015, vol.94, n.1, pp.81-96. ISSN 1659-2859.

The present study analyzes the grotesque discourse, as an aesthetic/political countercultural discourse, in some of the works of the artists José Alberto Hernández from Costa Rica y Regina José Galindo from Guatemala. As representatives of the Latin American conceptual art, these two contemporary artists explore elements of the human reality not only from a universal perspective, but also from a regional one. By means of the grotesque aesthetic, Hernández and Galindo break with the artistic standards of the mainstream, exploring different means, techniques, and even subject matters that horrify and disgust the viewers, but also attract and fascinate them, by showing them an opposing perspective from the traditional aesthetic of the western art, and giving the Latin American art a voice of its own.

Keywords : Grotesque; aesthetics; Latin American Conceptual Art; Contemporary Art; mainstream..

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