Marcela Donoso
Encyclopedia
Marcela Donoso is an important painter in the Latin American current of "Magic Realism
", where Jose Donoso
and Isabel Allende
belong in literature, or Fernando Botero
in sculpture.
She also demonstrated her creativity in other visual arts like books illustrations or films as Production Designer.
Magic realism
Magic realism or magical realism is an aesthetic style or genre of fiction in which magical elements blend with the real world. The story explains these magical elements as real occurrences, presented in a straightforward manner that places the "real" and the "fantastic" in the same stream of...
", where Jose Donoso
José Donoso
José Donoso Yáñez was a Chilean writer. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the United States and mainly Spain. Although he had left his country in the sixties for personal reasons, after 1973 he claimed his exile was also a form of...
and Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean writer with American citizenship. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts , which have been commercially successful...
belong in literature, or Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Angulo is a Colombian figurative artist. His works feature a figurative style, called by some "Boterismo", which gives them an unmistakable identity...
in sculpture.
She also demonstrated her creativity in other visual arts like books illustrations or films as Production Designer.
Work
- Series "Iconography of Myths and Legends of Chile",
- Series "Patronos de Chile y otros conjuros"
- film, "El Caleuche"
Books
- Iconography of Myths and Legends of Chile, 2002, ISBN 956-291-592-1
- Pablo, 2008, ISBN 193303209X
Exhibitions
- Universidad de Concepcíón, Chillán, Chile, 1998
- Centro Cultural Montecarmelo, Santiago, Chile, 1998
- Centro Cultural Puente Alto, Chile, 1999
- Centro cultural 508, Brasilia, Brasil, 1999
- Memorial de America Latina, Sao Pablo, Brasil, 1999
External links
- http://www.marceladonoso.cl