Potter, did you feel the clay sing between your fingers? When you finished pouring the water, he shouted between them. It is their land and the land of my bones that finally came together!
This phrase is part of the poem Motifs of mud, written by Gabriela Mistral in her book Desolación (1922) and which gives the name to the new exhibition that the Museum of American Popular Art (MAPA) will present in GAM.
This phrase is part of the poem Motifs of mud, written by Gabriela Mistral in her book Desolación (1922) and which gives the name to the new exhibition that the Museum of American Popular Art (MAPA) will present in GAM.
Joining the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of Mistral's Nobel Prize, MAPA will exhibit more than 200 utilitarian objects that have clay as a basic component in their creation.
These are vessels, jugs, glasses, cups and amphorae from Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico and Cuba. From Chile, works from locations such as Caulín, La Florida, Pilén, Padre las Casas, Pomaire and Quinchamalí will be exhibited.
The objects will be exhibited without polychrome, in order to highlight the clay as a constitutive materiality.
These are vessels, jugs, glasses, cups and amphorae from Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico and Cuba. From Chile, works from locations such as Caulín, La Florida, Pilén, Padre las Casas, Pomaire and Quinchamalí will be exhibited.
The objects will be exhibited without polychrome, in order to highlight the clay as a constitutive materiality.