Carlos Maturana

Biography

Bororo studied a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Chile’s School of Fine Arts and in 1972, he studied under the well-known artists Rodolfo Opazo, Ximena Cristi and Eduardo Garreaud.

Teaching formed an important part of his career. From 1975 to 1981, he was a teaching assistant and teacher in drawing, painting and sketching at the University of Chile’s School of Fine Arts. From 1982 to 1985, he taught a Color and Graphic Expression workshop to design students at Gaston College and from 1983 to 1985, he taught at the Drawing and Painting Workshop at the Medical College of Chile’s Art and Culture Institute (Spanish: Instituto de Arte y Cultura del Colegio Médico de Chile). Between 1983 and 1984 he taught at La Brocha Art Workshop, in Plaza Mulato Gil de Castro in the central Santiago neighbourhood of Lastarria. He also taught at the Planet Earth Academy of Art (Spanish: Academia de Arte Planeta Tierra).

Style and technique

Bororo belonged to the 80s Generation group, primarily made up of artists from the University of Chile faculty of art and linked to German Neo-expressionism. This generation has become famous for the innovative art they produced after the 1973 Chilean coup d'état and during the dictatorship period, shocking Chilean society with non-traditional painting.

Just like his contemporary Samy Benmayor, Bororo used traditional materials like oil on canvas and watercolors, as well as other less traditional materials like latex and India ink on paper. His shapes are almost like children’s drawings, spontaneous, humorous and full of color.

His work is notable for its symbolism, its basic shapes and the use of colour splatters that represent everyday objects.

Work

Fábrica de Paté de Chungungo en Tunquén, 1993, acrylic on canvas, 168 x 200 cm El Poeta y la Muerte, 1995, lithography, 76 x 56 cm Paisajes con Arboles

Retrato, 1978, oil and latex on canvas, 170 x 110 cm Sin título, 1979, mixed techniques on canvas, 220 x 66 cm

Monumento de Todo Esto, 1991, oil on canvas, 170 x 139 cm El Farol, 1992, oil on canvas, 195.5 x 150.5 cm Sin título, 1991, oil on canvas, 58 x 58 cm

El Califont, graffiti and acrylics

Pingüinos, 1996, oil on canvas, 200 x 300 cm

Como Pez en el Agua, oil on canvas, 83 x 97 cm

Los Bohemios, acrylics on canvas, 200 x 167 cm

Sin Título

Extraterrestre llegando a mi casa, 2005, acrylics on canvas, 187 x 168 cm

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Awards

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