Ecuador reopens in a museum that revives indigenous realism

Quito.- (EFE) .- The Ministry of Culture of Ecuador reopened today in the capital of the country on Museum "Camilo Egas" a harmonious art center that evokes the memory of the forerunner of national indigenous realism, embodied in nearly one hundred of his paintings

The ] One of the most important collections of the author of modern arts and belonging to the teacher Egas, told Efe I vete Celi, Undersecretary of Social Memory from the Ministry of Culture.

The center will house the pictorial work of the Ecuadorian artist, according to Celi, transcends into "artistic currents", with 46 works in oil, pencil, etchings and drawings that reflect the versatility of the artist. Avant-garde of the Indian painter.

The oldest painting with a more significant value is " The florist as", according to Celi, a painting of modernist tendency, elaborated in 1916 and which marked a technical break, chromatic and thematic of the indigenous culture, that this year celebrates a centenary since its creation.

"The Florists" combines academic realism with Impressionism that highlights the predominance of women and puts them forward. "

Also, at Museum paintings from Camilo Egas Are Appreciated During his stay in New York, United States, where he shows the expressionism of his painting which also encouraged Fractionism and Cubism, Celi said: [19659006Theunder-secretarypointedoutthattheEgaspaintingsrepresentapartofhispersonalityandhesaidthattheexhibitedworksmoveinversatileartisticcurrents

The artist continues to To be an icon of Ecuadorian art and a 'key to the history of Ecuador's art added Celi about the painter who died in 1963 , in New York.

Egas will, according to her, be recalled thanks to the gallery where her paintings are m now hanging on the walls of a colonial house, in the historic center of Quito. ] The purpose of the reopening of the Museum is the evaluation of the painter's career, which was an example for other artists such as Pedro León and the great Oswaldo Guayasamín, added.

The art center is divided into four rooms that cross the historical trajectory 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, who were in the national reserve, are included", added Celi.

Regarding the infrastructure of the center, Celi indicated that the recast includes an audiovisual projection area and a room for temporary exhibitions

The museum was established in 1980 and four years later Cultural Heritage of Ecuador which retained the colonial style of its infrastructure.

This depiction of pictorial memory is one of the "landmarks of the management authorities of the Ministry of Culture and Heritage", said the ministry in a letter in which he explains that many of the most important museums of the country were modernized this year.

For the remodeling of ] Museum "Camilo Egas" has invested $ 170,000 from a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) .

At the reopening of the gallery, the Deputy Minister of Culture and Heritage, Andrea Nina ] declared that opening its doors again "brings joy to the life "and is an opportunity for young people to visit, learn from their work and become pioneers of the new cultural language proposed by the artist.

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. EFE

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