In Defense of the Common Good
In Defense of the Common Good

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of article is the presentation of Chilean history of the mural movement, the most intensively development of which can be placed in the 60s and 70s (during the presidential campaign in which Eduardo Frei Montalva and Salvador Allende were candidates). At the time, leftist and conservative muralist brigades fought intense visual battles. In this time, two most important left-wing artistic groups were formed: the Ramon Parry Brigade and the Elmo Catalán Brigade. The article will not only trace the history of the Chilean muralism movement, but also present research develop by W.J.T. Mitchell, with particular emphasis on ideology and commodity fetishism. The text also focuses on the presentation of Jacques Rancière's theory in the context of mural art in Chile

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