The Art Scene of Loja Ecuador

"Mano Grande" (Big Hands), 1981 ARTIST - Eduardo Kingman Riofrío  (1913 - 1997) Born in Loja, Eduardo is known as "the painter of hands" and was regarded as one of the masters of twentieth century expressionism.   He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Quito, with stops in Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, and in the United States at the San Francisco Art Institute.  Eventually he received a chair at the same institute, was the director of Quito's Colonial Art Museum, and a owned private gallery also in Quito.  While living in Quito, he became the protege of other famous Lojanos like writers Bejamin Carrion and Pablo Palacio.  His lithographs, woodcuts, and paintings concentrated on the social realities of Ecuador's indigenous people.  The artisit's deeply humanistic style captured the range of emotions from anguish, anger, and impotence in the face of injustice, to the quieter feelings of tenderness and devotion.  As well as painting, Eduardo ...

ARTIST - Luis Miguel Cisneros Galindo   (1987 - ) Studied at Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja (UTPL) and the Instituto Tecnológico Superior Sudamericano - Loja. Owner of the  Madriguera Café - Art Shop . Luis has an excellent command of the graphic arts, especially evident in the way he uses repetitive images to create a singular, larger image. Much of his prolific work is also geared toward smaller objects of art to be more affordable and have a wider audience dissemination - such as stickers, buttons, cards, t-shirts, stuffed dolls, and even jewelry. This is not to slight his expansive works because he has contributed many fine murals to the Loja scene. In addition to the more common art techniques of Lojano artists, Luis also produces works using woodcuts and silkscreens. Luis' thesis for UTPL, "Creating a Fanzine" ( Creación de un Fanzine ), is available online in Spanish. facebook.com/luis.m.galindo behance.net/lmcisnerosgalindo flickr.co...