![]() ![]() The system he referred to is palpable at all the UTalca campuses, a reality that led sculptress Lily Garafulic to donate a significant part of the works of her private collection to the Institution, just as other renowned artists have done. This attribute has become its hallmark, so much so that it not only maintains an active policy of cultural dissemination, but it also incorporated artistic sensibility among the values that it seeks to pass on to its students. ![]() The ‘Talca model’ was the concept that visual artist Alfredo Jaar used to define the University of Talca’s track record in the field of culture over the last three decades. As a result of its perseverance and commitment, UTalca is now recognized in all areas as a benchmark for arts and culture, to the extent that the O’Higginian Museum of Fine Arts of Talca has just loaned the University two famous murals by Laureano Guevara and Arturo Gordon that were made for the Ibero-American Exposition of Seville in 1929. “This is a University conceived from the humanist perspective, which yearns to live the experience of the art not as an act of contemplation, but as a path that leads to greater sensibility and to awaken the creativity of our youth,” expressed the Rector of UTalca, Álvaro Rojas.īased on this conviction, the Institution took on another challenge: To break with the centralism that has concentrated in the metropolis the main cultural assets of the country. The Sculpture Park, the NUGA art gallery, and six other rooms are open to the public, throughout the year, as part of the University’s efforts to create a space to highlight the work of the national and international creators. They include paintings by Nemesio Antúnez, José Balmes, Roser Bru, Pedro Lira, Juan Francisco González, and Manuel Antonio Caro sculptures by Federico Assler, Marta Colvin, Waldemar Otto, Mario Irarrázabal, Francisco Gazitúa, and José Vicente Gajardo and a series of murals and friezes by Hugo Marín, Rodolfo Opazo, and Matilde Pérez. More than 2,000 works make up the cultural heritage of the University of Talca and all of them are available to be appreciated by the entire community. The Institution took on another challenge: To break with the centralism that has concentrated in the metropolis the main cultural assets of the country 28 Junio 2019 ![]() More than 2,000 Works Make Up the Cultural Heritage of the University ![]()
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