Retablos escogidos de Teodoro Ramírez Peña: comentario de hechos históricos. Reflexiones

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the work of Peruvian artist Teodoro Ramírez Peña. A native of Ayacucho, he now lives in Huaycán, a town about 15 kilometers east of Lima, and at the Academy of Fine Arts there he teaches practical classes with students devoted to creating retablos ayacuchanos. Before the war, the artist worked in a traditional family workshop, and the subject matter of his retablos was not unlike other similar artworks. However, the experience of war was so strong for him that the themes of armed conflict and the visualization of violence begin to dominate his works. Peru’s civil war ended in 2000, but its effects are still visible in society today, and this has not escaped the artist’s attention. Through his works, he not only commented on the events of the war, but also addressed current social problems that are a consequence of the now historic armed actions.