Abstract

GOMEZ, Juan Carlos. In the Palace Walls: Pedro Nel Gómez in the Social Imaginary of Medellín, 1930-1950. Historelo.rev.hist.reg.local [online]. 2013, vol.5, n.10, pp.53-97. ISSN 2145-132X.

The 1920s was a decade that witnessed in Latin American the appearance of a number of cultural vanguards that questioned the reality of their countries seeking changes in the social and political structure of their nations. The Colombian Liberal politicians, in their desire for to govern to Colombia, recognized in them a number of ideas that influenced his political development. The reforms of Alfonso Lopez Pumarejo sought a rapprochement with the artists looking a series of artistic proposals that involved the society for to aware of its history and identity. Under these guidelines Pedro Nel Gómez was contracted to decorate the town hall of Medellin with a series of murals for to meet this purpose. The artist presented nine frescoes arousing controversy for of the call of social consciousness that did painting the main problems of the country. This not only earned him the nickname socialist but that years later led to censorship. This text tries to interpret these murals as a source of historical knowledge and see in them the social problems of the thirties Colombian expressed by the artist from his Marxist socialist thought and influence.

Keywords : Muralism; social criticism; City Hall Medellín; socialism; Colombian politics.

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