Everyday objects in plant fiber

A virtuoso wicker weaver on a sculptural scale, Alfredo Manzano, Manzanito, was the creator of the memorable fish made of this material that hung from the ceiling of the casino in the UNCTAD III building, which today houses GAM.
The audiovisual director Sergio Bravo – founder of the Experimental Cinema Center, friend of Pablo Neruda and connoisseur of the work of Tomás Lago, the director of the Museum of American Popular Art of the University of Chile to whom the space today owes its name – recorded the work of this master craftsman in his documentary Wicker (1957), which will be exhibited in conjunction with the new exhibition Everyday objects in plant fiber.
This exhibition, which closes the execution process of the FONDART winning project, Plant objects in folk art; has built a collection of more than 400 pieces from the museum's collection for research and exhibition.
From purses, soplillos, figurative objects and hats from countries such as Ecuador, Cuba, Panama, Venezuela, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Bolivia and Chile, they make visible the production of Latin American countries that work around plant tissue.