The Power is Nourished by Dogmas. The Appropriation in the Work of Herman Braun-Vega

Zegarra M.A.G. · Letras (Peru) (2021) · DOI: 10.30920/letras.92.135.13

Resumen

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate, with-in the visual arts, the role of appropriations as a principle of articulation in the work of the Peruvian plastic artist Herman Braun-Vega, through the elements and characters taken by the artist from History of Western Art. The aesthetic and ideo-logical proposals of the work are analyzed of the work Power is nourished by dogmas (Velásquez [sic], Huamán Poma de Ayala, El Greco) (2006). It is concluded that the appropriation of the im-age makes a new meaning in the work, while it is recontextualized and reinterpreted, because the appropriations in the work of this artist has the intention of make a rearticulation of the memo-ry (individual, sociopolitical and historical). These images that are appropriations were evidenced through the visual narrative and the function of the political and religious discourse that is contained in them.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas