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In this particular research is part of the thesis that is in preparation entitled Miguel Baca Rossi: commemorative sculpture of the XX and XXI century in Chiclayo-Peru regarding public art, has as object of study the equestrian sculpture El Chalán by Miguel Baca Rossi, which was installed posthumously in the promenade of Villarreal Avenue in Chiclayo. This study allows us to approach the production of this sculptor, who worked as a creator of the Peruvian national imaginary that masterfully proposes an iconography of the mestizo. For the analysis of the work, the following question was formulated: What are the iconographic elements of miscegenation represented in the sculpture El chalán by Miguel Baca Rossi? Likewise, the objectives of the research were: to know the sculptural work made in his native Chiclayo, to analyze how public art develops a sense of belonging to the socio-cultural context, integrating and transforming it distinctively. And finally, to make a contribution to the history of the placement of commemorative monuments of his authorship in the public space, since studies of equestrian sculpture are scarce.
About the author
Alexander Cruz Salazar, PhD candidate in Art History -UNMSM, painter, sculptor, poet, theologian, researcher and university teacher, completed undergraduate studies in Painting and teaching in Fine Arts at the Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes del Perú, also studied Theology at the Facultad Bautista de Teología, he continued his studies by completing his postgraduate studies: master's degree in teaching and research at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marco.
