*** Fernando Sayan Polo








Fernando Sayan Polo (Peru, 1947- )

Fernando Sayan Polo
Figure 1.--This Fernando Sayan Polo painting shows a native American boy dressed in traditional in his Andean village or town, perhaps Cuzco. He carries a 'quena' (a traditional Peruvian flute).

This contemprary Peruvian artist, Fernando Sayan Polo, has painted an image of a native American boy in his Andean village wearing traditional clothing. Such scenes are no longer common as American clothing has today penetrated even the most remote corners of Latin America.

The Artist

The artist tells us, "I've drawn and painted since childhood, I haven't found a better way to express myself than through my art. I enrolled in the 'Escuela Nacional Superior de Bellas Artes' to acquire theoretic principles and a better direction for my art. I'm concerned with the Andean world and its relationship to its principal element - the human being. The dignity of Peruvian identity and the equity that by natural law is deserved in honor of peace and happiness. This is what my art proposes to transmit without self-interest. Cuzco is the root of my essential motivation although I also create figures with general Peruvian essence. My pictorial technique is simple and direct, free and not stylized. My work is continuous - I start with a sketch or a study that I invent on the canvas, finding and adjusting the tones. I never revise my work, what I set out to do I finish. I like to persevere upon what is fresh and my intuition indicates the harmony of form and color. I feel satisfied with the final product of my painting. In terms of the challenges that I've had to confront in my life; I set out to be the guide of my family and I have the satisfaction of having done that. I don't allow stinginess and for that reason I have many disciples for whom my art holds no secrets. My painting identifies with my country's beauty and that beauty must be understood for its singularity and seen in the light of a country with its own language, and that is the language of my painting."

The Portrait

The advertising copy for this portrait and the artist reads, "This painting is born of the intense communication between man and his ancestral past. Of a reflective nature, his contemplative mind reminds us of a strong Incan stone skillfully positioned. A man frugal in words (although rich in dreams) this apparent disadvantage in expressing himself is supplanted in the language of his art, full of sounds, with which the artist becomes loquacious in the search of his Andean world in order to depict the human condition fused with its emotions." The artist says of the painting, "For this work I had to go out and explore in order to get to know the typical Andean boy and be able to portray him on the canvas."

Clothing

This contemprary Peruvian artist has painted an image of a native American boy in his Andean village wearing traditional campesino clothing which became prevalebnt in the Spanish Empire. . A good example is Mexico. Such scenes are no longer common as American clothing has today penetrated even the most remote corners of Latin America. Boys now only wear such costumes for festive occassions and do not normally go barefoot.







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Last updated: August 6, 2002