Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

The writer Fietta Jarque discusses the possible reasons for the deterioration of the mural the Dutch artist Karel Appel painted on a wall in a shantytown in Lima that—despite the fact that it would have “cost many thousands of dollars had he been [...]

This article is a brief account on the participation of the inhabitants of Villa El Salvador—the largest “young town” (slum) in Lima—and their creation of a mural under the guidance and direction of Dutch artist Karel Appel. Coincidentally, [...]

Dutch artist Karel Appel—founder of the COBRA (COpenhagen-BRussels-Amsterdam) group—explains in this interview his interest in accomplishing a mural with the participation of the inhabitants of Villa El Salvador, the largest “young town” ( [...]

This article comments on the energetic approach to internal electoral processes in the Villa El Salvador community, and discusses the mural—“quite debatable in terms of quality, technique, and expression,” according to the article—that [...]

This is a brief article on Dutch artist Karel Appel—founder of the COBRA (COpenhagen-BRussels-Amsterdam) group—who at the time was in the process of completing a mural in one of the streets in Villa El Salvador, the largest “young town” (slum [...]