The Art of Muralism in Toribío and Jambaló, Cauca:

Weaving Images of Memory, Peace and Resistance

Abstract

This article reflects on the art of muralism, analyzing its artistic and research process with the records obtained from the cartographic, photographic, and documentary surveys of the indigenous murals made in the north of the department of Cauca, in the municipalities of Toribío and Jambaló. The mural paintings are analyzed and categorized through the cultural expression icons used by the artists and collectives present in the Mingas de Muralismo. The iconography of the indigenous murals is of scientific and artistic interest due to the use of metaphors that communicate the ancestral culture and social resistance using signs, strokes, and colors with symbolic connotations that contribute to preserving the memory of the indigenous community in Colombian territory. The iconographic analysis consists of three categories: i. Natural theme (pure forms); ii. Intrinsic meaning (symbolic value), and iii. Allegorical content (metaphor). The method used with a participatory approach establishes design and action parameters between academia and community, contributing to the social construction of the territory.