THE (IM)POSSIBLE REPRESENTATION OF NATIONAL HISTORY: NATIONAL IDENTITY, MEMORY AND TRAUMA IN MEMORIA VISUAL DE UNA NACIÓN BY MARIO TORAL

This article presents an analysis of the mural titled Memoria Visual de una Nación (Visual Memory of a Nation) with a focus on its panel Los Conflictos (The Conflicts) , by renowned Chilean artist Mario Toral. The representation of divisive events in MVN raises the following questions: Why did Toral...

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Published in:Druzboslovne razprave 2015-05, Vol.31 (79), p.7-25
Main Author: Cuevas Valenzuela, Hernán
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
collective memory
divided society/trauma
identity
Political history
Politics of History/Memory
politics/the political
Sociology of Art
Sociology of Politics
visual analysis
Visual Arts
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Summary:This article presents an analysis of the mural titled Memoria Visual de una Nación (Visual Memory of a Nation) with a focus on its panel Los Conflictos (The Conflicts) , by renowned Chilean artist Mario Toral. The representation of divisive events in MVN raises the following questions: Why did Toral include conflictive issues in a mural representing national identity and memory? And, how did Toral deal with national identity and its demand for unity when faced with a divisive and traumatic history? The article deals first with the interconnectedness of meaning-making and social and political context and then addresses the tension between the realm of the political -or antagonism- and the realm of hegemonic politics -or order- in search of a deeper understanding of this work of art and its representation of Chilean history and identity.
ISSN:0352-3608
0352-3608