RELATOS NO SALVAJES II

Allow form and color to bring you joy, completeness, and harmony through this collection of mandalas.

The book is a selection of 112 works from approximately four hundred thousand works in the Pinacoteca, in various technique and disciplines by artists from the late 19th and 20th centuries who represent more than 100 years in the field of visual arts. Artists include: Pablo O'Higgins, Ignacio Martínez Tendon, Arturo Marty, Alfredo Ramos Martínez, Angel Zárraga among many others.

The exquisite still lifes of Alberto Iriarte (1920-1993), known as Mefisto, have remained Colombia's best kept artistic secret of the 20th century, despite having been exhibited in Paris, Barranquilla, and Bogotá. Nonetheless, Colombian art history cannot fail to honor Mefisto as one of its most influential painters. This book displays the complete selection of his strange and beautiful still life paintings, collected together for the first time. Las naturalezas muertas pintadas por Alberto Iriarte (1920-1993), llamado Mefisto, continúan siendo las obras colombianas más secretas del siglo...

Un fascinante recorrido por los personajes míticos más emblemáticos generados por la cultura occidental en los últimos dos siglos: Victor Frankenstein, Carmen, Sherlock Holmes, Lulú, el doctor Jekyll, Pinocho, Alicia, Flash Gordon, Lolita, Ahab, Superman, Dorian Gray, el doctor Caligari, el Zorro, Drácula, Indiana Jones... Sujetos virtuales que han ido tejiendo sobre el papel o la pantalla los ensueños colectivos. El libro desvela sus raíces en profundas fantasías arcaicas de la humanidad que nos permiten entender algunas obsesiones larvadas de nuestra cultura. Una obra mayor de un...