César Moro Between Indigenism and Surrealism

dc.contributor.advisorCheng, Joyceen_US
dc.contributor.authorBeaver, Katlynen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T17:52:40Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-29
dc.description.abstractCurrent scholarship too narrowly studies Peruvian surrealist César Moro's (1903-1956) graphic and poetic works as two equivalent mechanisms of expression and overemphasizes his rupture from surrealism in 1942. In this thesis, I integrate study of Moro's plastic and graphic works with his curatorial endeavors and revise common perception of his definitive break from surrealism, focusing instead on his turn to surrealism in 1927. Engaged in efforts to combat the repression of indigenous and pre-Columbian histories in Peru during the 1930s, I argue that Moro employed surrealist collage as a decolonial enterprise in order to oppose the entrenched nationalism of indigenismo artwork, the most important movement of Peruvian modernism. This thesis demonstrates that Moro's crticism of pictorial indigenismo artists like Peruvian José Sabogal (b. 1888-1956), leader of the movement, has its roots in his surrealist collage enterprise and continues even after his defect from surrealism in 1942.en_US
dc.description.embargo2016-09-29
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/18422
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.titleCésar Moro Between Indigenism and Surrealismen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineDepartment of the History of Art and Architectureen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Oregonen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.A.en_US

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