Two great masters combine to make an impassioned plea for the dignity and sovereignty of Latin America. Here Pablo Neruda's incisive political words accompany the transcendent art of indigenous Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamin. As firm friends and huge admirers of each other's work, these two brilliant Latin American artists create a compelling portrait of a continent.
Oswaldo Guayasamin is generally considered Diego Rivera's successor as Latin America's most prominent artist. Deemed an expressionist, and with evident indigenous roots, the humanist spirit of Guayasamin's work reflects the pain and misery endured by much of humanity during the last century, but at the same time he conveys a sense of human dignity and tenderness.
Pablo Neruda is one of Latin America's best-loved poets, his most famous work being Canto General. Born in Chile, and widely respected for his outspoken political views, he died only days after the coup against the popularly elected Allende government in September 1973.
