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Mario Murua’s colorful images are inspired by the artifacts of his native Chile, particularly the pre-Columbian weavings and pottery, updated with stylistic references to contemporary life. These paintings, along with the sculpture and works on paper, came to the gallery directly from the artist’s one-person exhibition at the Boca Raton (Florida) Museum of Art.
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One of the leading artists of his native Chile, Mario Murua turned to pre-Columbian influences for his sculpture, which often pay homage to the moai of Easter Island and use such local materials as palm fronds and copper. One series is of flat copper plates, brightly painted and cut and bent to form whimsical animals.
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Mario Murua terms his visual language “canimagísmo,” coined from his concept of the artist’s cannibalistic absorption of images from both nature and people. When he was forced to flee Chile, his travels through South America included stays with indigenous groups, whose influence can be found in his work.
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