dieser beitrag wurde verfasst in: englisch (eng/en)
künstler: Gladys Aráuz, M.A.H.L., Francisco Pantoja, Carlos Siles
titel: Conquistadores torture and execute natives. Friars forcibly convert, hang, and burn natives. Native chief Diriangen, with bow, treats for peace with Gil Dávila Gonzalez and another conquistador. Natives fight with bow and spear against firearms of mounted enemy. A Spanish soldier lies dying, fodder for an approaching vulture. Indians defend themselves against wolves. Bartolomé de las Casas protects Indians, one laboring. Christ crucified on a cruciform window that reveals an erupting volcano behind and is flanked by fire and bloody sword. Corpses and bloody hands flow into a red river, which drenches native symbols. African slaves chained neck and foot. Stylized maize. Monseñor Antonio Valdivieso. Native sculptor, with more native artifacts marking landscape. A Christian cross with broken chain hanging on it. Armaments from both sides lie unused. Hand gives seeds of maize to another. An open book reads «Agradecimiento o Indignación? 70 millones de indios asesinados durante la conquista española»
jahr: 1992
adresse: Church of the Immaculate Conception (exterior, east wall, main wall), Waslala, Nicaragua
+: 4,5 x 16 m. Acrylic mixed with linseed oil and turpentine