Huacayñán series: Niña Negra (Black Girl) ~ Oswaldo Guayasamín
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Oswaldo Guayasamín (1919-1999) was an eminent Ecuadorian painter and sculptor whose heritage traces back to Quechua and Mestizo indigenous populations. His images address ongoing struggles against political oppression, exploitation, racism, poverty and unearned privilege. Guayasamín was awarded a prize for "an entire life of work for peace" by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Huacayñán (Trail of Tears) series:
After traveling throughout South America, Guayasamín painted the series "Huacayñán" (Quechua word meaning "Trail of Tears"), composed of 103 paintings made from 1946 to 1952. He portrayed a vision of the Mestizo, Indian and Afro peoples, with their cultures and expressions of joy, sadness, tradition, identity, and religion, especially in the Andean countries. “The translation of ‘huacayñán’ has several interpretations. The deepest, which the Indians have given me, is ‘the path where the tear goes,’ the crease of the lower eyelid, before rolling down the cheek. Another interpretation says that the word expresses the separation of two friends, or of a woman and a man, when they say goodbye to no longer see each other and endure the urge to cry. In Quechua, not seeing each other again, is huacayñán.”
Huacayñán (Trail of Tears) series:
After traveling throughout South America, Guayasamín painted the series "Huacayñán" (Quechua word meaning "Trail of Tears"), composed of 103 paintings made from 1946 to 1952. He portrayed a vision of the Mestizo, Indian and Afro peoples, with their cultures and expressions of joy, sadness, tradition, identity, and religion, especially in the Andean countries. “The translation of ‘huacayñán’ has several interpretations. The deepest, which the Indians have given me, is ‘the path where the tear goes,’ the crease of the lower eyelid, before rolling down the cheek. Another interpretation says that the word expresses the separation of two friends, or of a woman and a man, when they say goodbye to no longer see each other and endure the urge to cry. In Quechua, not seeing each other again, is huacayñán.”
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