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Culture & History | July 12, 2011 [ 10:00 ]

Peru's Humala and de Szyszlo discuss the Place of Memory

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President-elect Ollanta Humala met with one of Peru’s most venerated artists, Fernando de Szyszlo, last Monday to discuss the Place of Memory.

De Szyzslo is currently serving as commission head for Peru's Place of Memory, which is to be a monument and museum dedicated to the victims of Peru's internal conflict.  As reported in El Comercio, Humala affirmed his support for the institution during the meeting.

 De Szyszlo, a modernist painter and sculptor, a leading Latin American figure in the “plastic arts” movement of the 20th century, stated that “with satisfaction, I have seen the president’s enthusiasm for the Place of Memory.”

Previously known as the Museum of Memory, this project will serve to honor the victims of the conflict between Sendero Luminoso and the government in the 1980s and 1990s. Architects, as well as a site on the coastline of Miraflores, have been selected for the project.

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