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The Ecuadorian Ministry of Culture reopened today the museum "Camilo Egas" in the country's capital, a harmonious art center that evokes the memory of the pioneering artist of indigenous realism national, embodied in a hundred of his paintings.
The museum is the guardian of one of the most important collections of modern art that belongs to the Egas teacher, said Ivete Celi, Undersecretary of Social Memory of the Ministry of Culture. Culture.
The center will house the pictorial work of the Ecuadorian artist who, according to Celi, transcends "artistic currents", with 46 works in oil, pencil, etchings and drawings that reflect the versatility from the vanguard of the Indian painter.
The most significant value is "Las Floristas", according to Celi, a painting of modernist tendency, elaborated in 1916 and which marked a technical, chromatic and thematic break of the indigenous culture, that this year a centenary since its creation .
"The Florists" combines academic realism with Impressionism that highlights the predominance of women and embodies them in the foreground.
Similarly, the museum shows the paintings of Camilo Egas during his stay in New York, United States, where he shows the expressionism of his painting that also encouraged the factionalism and cubism, said Celi.
The under-secretary pointed out that Egas's paintings represent a part of his personality. "The artist continues to be an icon of Ecuadorian art and a" key to the history of art in Ecuador, "added Celi about the late painter in 1963 in New York. 19659002] Egas will, according to her, be recalled thanks to the gallery where his paintings now hang on the walls of a colonial house, in the historic center of Quito.
The objective of the reopening of the museum is the appreciation of the painter's career, which was an example for other artists such as Pedro León and the great Oswaldo Guayasamín, he added.
The art center is divided into four historic rooms of Egas. It begins with indigenism, it crosses Impressionism, Expressionism and Cubism and ends with the absolute abstraction that reflects its last days of life.
Celi indicates that the gallery has a two-story infrastructure and is open to citizens and foreigners. discover the social memory and the Ecuadorian cultural heritage.
"The novelty in this reopening is that the new works of Camilo Egas are included, which were in the national reserve," added Celi.
Regarding the infrastructure of the center, Celi said that the redesign incorporates an audiovisual projection area and a room for temporary exhibitions.
The museum was established in 1980 and four years later was declared Ecuador's cultural heritage, so it has retained the colonial style of its infrastructure
This repository of pictorial memory is the only one of its kind. one of the "milestones of the management of the authorities of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage," he said. In a letter, he explains that several of the most important museums in the country have been revitalized this year.
For the remodeling of the museum "Camilo Egas", $ 170,000 from a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank were invested. (IDB)
At the reopening of the gallery, the Vice Minister of Culture and Heritage, Andrea Nina, declared that the opening of its doors "brings the joy of living" and constitutes an opportunity for young people and become pioneers of the new cultural language proposed by the artist.
Nina also said that the museum is "special" because it is inserted in the heart of the community. "Camilo Egas leaves lessons captured in important exhibitions with emerging artists," he added.
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