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 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 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, [...]

This article is about the lecture that the Dutch artist Karel Appel gave at the gallery Fórum de Lima (February 18, 1976), where he was preparing to show a collection of prints while also working with other artists to paint a mural in Villa El [...]

This is a summary of the ideas that Karel Appel mentioned during the conversation facilitated by the INC (Instituto Nacional de Cultura) in Lima on February 19, 1976, about the group mural project that the well-known Dutch artist was working on in [...]

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 [...]

This is a newspaper review of the conversation organized by the INC (Instituto Nacional de Cultura) on February 19, 1976, between the Dutch painter Karel Appel and the following Peruvian writers and artists: Francisco Bendezú, José Bracamonte, Gast [...]

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” ( [...]

These remarks by Karel Appel, founder of the COBRA Group (COpenhagen-BRussels-Amsterdam) were on his 1976 trip to Peru that was then under nationalist military rule. He tells about his arrival to the country and the steps taken to create a mural with [...]