Within the framework of the 33rd anniversary of the University of La Serena, the Extension Directorate will inaugurate its Exhibition cycle with the exhibition ''Divergent'', by the authors Danilo Espinoza Guerra and Iván Zambrano Downing, both academics at the School of Art from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, who will present a selection of drawings, engravings, sculptures and photographs.

 

According to Danilo Espinoza, the work will fundamentally show two projects: one addresses the problem of Mapuche women living in the city and the other is directly associated with the issue of missing detainees and the role of women in society. ''What I do is impregnate papers with soot using a matrix that allows generating images, the work I develop is similar to that of the stencil, the basis of the technique is in engraving. The technique developed is humorography,'' Espinoza said.

The works have been organized according to the various themes and techniques developed by Espinoza and Zambrano in recent years, where they also include a series of photographs that investigate the erotic and the feminine, taking as reference the fantasies of the male world.

''Divergent has to do with understanding that they are proposals that are born from a common reflection and end up being absolutely different material work and there they distance themselves and diverge, that is why we think of that name, they are connected in the origin, in the problems, in the ideas that were discussed to propose the work, but materially they are proposals that are absolutely different from each other,'' commented Espinoza.

This exhibition will be open to the public in the ULS Exhibition Hall (Benavente 950) from March 19 to April 17, 2014, on Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. and from 15:30 p.m. to 18:00 p.m., and from Tuesday to Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 14:00 p.m. and from 15:30 p.m. to 19:00 p.m. The inauguration will take place on Tuesday, March 18 at 18:00 p.m.

For more information on this free entry activity, call 051-2-204171, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or in Prat 446, La Serena. 

About the exhibitors 
Danilo Espinoza has a diploma in Advanced Studies from the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Spain. He has a degree in Art, with a mention in drawing from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. He has studied drawing, sculpture and engraving at the School of Art at Kingston University in London, England, and has participated in numerous individual and group exhibitions in Chile and abroad. Currently, he is a professor and researcher of various drawing and creation courses at the School of Art of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.

Meanwhile, Iván Zambrano has a Master's degree in Arts from the School of Art of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and has a Bachelor's degree in Art, with a mention in Painting from the PUC and Art Pedagogy from the University of La Serena. He has also held numerous exhibitions in Chile and abroad and has won various public and private funds for the development of his work. Currently, he is a teacher at the PUC School of Art, where he teaches classes in Painting and Work Production Workshop.