Artist: María Luisa Pacheco
Date: 1970
Museum: Inter-American Development Bank (Washington, United States)
Technique: Oil On Canvas
The work of Bolivian artist Maria Luisa Pacheco stands apart from the major international artistic trends that circulated from the 1950s through the 1970s. Characterized by a systematic attention to materiality and texture, her work explores structural elements that construct images and spaces. At a young age, Pacheco took interest in her father’s architectural work, which influenced her approach to painting as a formal and personal exploration. During a brief period in Madrid, Pacheco studied with the Spanish painter Daniel Vázquez Díaz, who introduced her to the work of Georges Braque and Luis Gris. After returning to Bolivia in the early 1950s, she joined the avant-garde group, “Ocho Contemporáneos,” which sought to modernize the national cultural scene. Her work from this period was influenced by the aesthetic and political concerns of
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