Revalorización de la cosmovisión andina a través de la ilustración

Abstract

The Andean worldview is a philosophy of life that combines four fundamental principles: complementarity, reciprocity, correspondence, and relationality that allows the connection of all the elements of the cosmos from the individual and the collective in compliance with nature. Besides, it presents symbols and deities that arise from the cults of ancient indigenous peoples and that have endured through time because of oral tradition. As for its part, illustration, as a means of artistic expression, uses different traditional and digital techniques to represent thoughts, social complaints, and personality, among other aspects. Therefore, through this research, the predominant concepts that take part in this worldview were identified and represented with illustrations. The creation of these works was influenced by illustrators and artists who have stood out for fusing traditional and modern styles, such as Wylie Beckert, Audrey Benjaminsen, Allen Williams, Ashley Wood, Eduardo Villacís, Patricio Betteo, and Tan Zhi Hui. In other words, the works created in this study have, as a conceptual basis, the representation of the most preponderant aspects of Andean philosophy, and, as an artistic basis, traditional and digital illustration to revalue the Andean cosmovision in the art world. The exhibition of these works is on the online platform, Behance, which allows many people around the world to observe them. Thereby, it will give the continuity to vindicate the importance of the Andean cosmovision according to the objective of this research.