Colombian Art - Modern Sculpture

Modern Sculpture

The Colombian sculpture from the sixteenth to 18th centuries was mostly devoted to religious depictions of ecclesiastic art, strongly influenced by the Spanish schools of sacred sculpture. During the early period of the Colombian republic, the national artists were focused in the production of sculptural portraits of politicians and public figures, in a plain neoclassicist trend. During the 20th century, the Colombian sculpture tried to develop a bold, innovative work, which reach a better understanding of the national sensibility.

  • Monument to Bachué by Luís Horacio Betancur, Medellín.

  • Monument to the tayrona deities. Santa Marta

  • Monument to India Catalina in Cartagena

  • Vargas Swamp Lancers Memorial is the largest sculpture in Latin America

  • Monument to Race bronze and concrete, 38 m height, located in Medellín Administrative Center, La Alpujarra, Antioquia

  • Plaza Botero (Botero square) In Medellín with permanent display of several sculptures by Fernando Botero

  • Bird ( By Fernando Botero) Was destroyed by a terrorist attack in 1997, Medellín where 17 people died. The remains of the sculpture are displayed in San Antonio Square as a memorial for the victims.

  • Ranas bailando. (Dancing frogs) 1990. By María Fernanda Cardozo

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