Latin American art in the 20th century

Latin American art of the 20th century was marked by the following movements and trends:

- Mexican muralism:
Developed in the 1920s after the Mexican Revolution. The large murals by Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros portrayed historical, political and social themes to educate the people.

- Surrealism:
Influenced by the European, it had exponents such as the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and the Chilean Roberto Matta with their dreamlike and symbolic worlds.

- Indigenism:
Exaltation of indigenous cultures and roots. The stone sculpture by the Mexican Carlos Mérida and the paintings by the Peruvian José Sabogal stand out.

- Madí Movement:
Avant-garde with an abstract geometric trend, founded in Argentina in 1946 by Gyula Kosice and Carmelo Arden Quin.

- Kinetic art:
Integration of optical effects and movement. Interactive works by Venezuelans Jesús Soto and Carlos Cruz-Diez.

- Conceptual art:
Ideas and creative processes take precedence over final objects. The Chilean Cecilia Vicuña and unconventional aesthetics.

- Popular art:
Recovery of folklore techniques and themes in paintings, murals, crafts. The Ecuadorians Eduardo Kingman and Oswaldo Guayasamín stand out.

- Neoconcretism:
Break with rigid constructivism, with more creative freedom. The Brazilian Lygia Clark and sensory sculptures.

In summary, indigenism, epic muralism, geometric abstraction, dreamlike surrealism, conceptual art and rescue of traditional popular converged.

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