THE (IM)POSSIBLE REPRESENTATION OF NATIONAL HISTORY: NATIONAL IDENTITY,
MEMORY AND TRAUMA IN MEMORIA VISUAL DE UNA NACIÓN BY MARIO TORAL
THE (IM)POSSIBLE REPRESENTATION OF NATIONAL HISTORY: NATIONAL IDENTITY,
MEMORY AND TRAUMA IN MEMORIA VISUAL DE UNA NACIÓN BY MARIO TORAL
Author(s): Hernán Cuevas ValenzuelaSubject(s): Visual Arts, Political history, Sociology of Politics, Sociology of Art, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: collective memory; visual analysis; identity; divided society/trauma; politics/ the political;
Summary/Abstract: This article presents an analysis of the mural titled Memoria Visual de una Nación (Visual Memory of a Nation) with a focus on its panel Los Conflictos (The Conflicts) , by renowned Chilean artist Mario Toral. The representation of divisive events in MVN raises the following questions: Why did Toral include conflictive issues in a mural representing national identity and memory? And, how did Toral deal with national identity and its demand for unity when faced with a divisive and traumatic history? The article deals first with the interconnectedness of meaning-making and social and political context and then addresses the tension between the realm of the political -or antagonism- and the realm of hegemonic politics -or order- in search of a deeper understanding of this work of art and its representation of Chilean history and identity.
Journal: Družboslovne razprave
- Issue Year: 31/2015
- Issue No: 79
- Page Range: 7-25
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English