Friday, September 17, 2010

Walter Solón


There's a really cool non-profit here called Fundación Solón.  It's named after the famous artist Walter Solón Romero Gonzáles who was a human rights activist.  Along with small paintings, he also did several murals in La Paz and Sucre.  The other day for Spanish class we wandered around the city to find all of his murals.  (But not all of the pictures are his murals)

He made this mosaic after his son was killed by the dictator.  (and as a side note- he often has a Don Quiote in his paintings, which is his symbol of the struggle for human rights)
The mural was in the university for public health.

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