Contemporary Art as a Social Reflection: an Approach to the Artwork of Regina José Galindo

Contemporary art emerges in the 20th century and stands out for the change of a paradigm, derived from a new way of linking the artist and society. In order to appreciate such relationship, it is proceeded to qualitatively analyze some works of an exponent of this movement, Regina...

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Author: Otárola Guevara, Marcela
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2021
Country:Costa Rica
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repository:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/45329
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/escena/article/view/45329
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:contemporary art
sociology of art
Regina José Galindo
collective memory
arte contemporáneo
sociología del arte
memoria colectiva
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Summary:Contemporary art emerges in the 20th century and stands out for the change of a paradigm, derived from a new way of linking the artist and society. In order to appreciate such relationship, it is proceeded to qualitatively analyze some works of an exponent of this movement, Regina José Galindo, from a questioning and later interpretation on the reasons that have originated her productions, exercise that required studying theoretical premises coming from sociology, philosophy and history of art. The selected pieces refer to themes associated with memory, women and power relations; they show empathy and spatial appropriationas mechanisms of social articulation and reveal the scope of her proposals: to expose oppressed people, to question the viewer and to give value to the context.