The permanent research and analysis of the plastic artists and academics of the School of Art of the Pontificia Universidad Católica, Iván Zambrano and Danilo Espinoza, give life to the interesting exhibition that, starting this week, is presented to the community in the Exhibition Hall of the University of La Serena.

Iconic and everyday elements are mixed with others of a functional nature in the work of Iván Zambrano, Master in Art from the Pontifical Catholic University. ''I use the plumb line, an element of construction, a basic technology that allows, through its weight, to generate straight vertical lines, which in this case symbolizes the patriarchal and authoritarian masculinity very latent in the last century, along with different objects that "They symbolize both masculinity, the female figure and childhood," said the artist.

For his part, the speaker Danilo Espinoza, Diploma in Advanced Studies (DEA/Master), Faculty of Fine Arts of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain) and specialist in Plastic Arts at the UPV Postgraduate Training Center, on this occasion presents ' 'Luis' Album', a series of works inspired by the story of Luis Jiménez, cartoonist, poet and member of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) who was arrested and disappeared in 1973 when he was 25 years old.

''In general, when the subject is discussed, the figures of their faces always come to mind, or of the posters that relatives have carried for years, but we never know what they were like in daily life. For this reason I present this project, with the idea of ​​giving back something of his identity or autobiography, based on these images,'' he specified.

The first exhibition of the 2014 season was inaugurated within the framework of the XXXIII anniversary of the University of La Serena and was attended by institutional authorities, artists and guests who appreciated each of the works with interest.

The Director of Extension of the ULS, Dr. Catalina Cvitanic, expressed her satisfaction at starting a new cycle of exhibitions, with the complete program for 2014, in an example of the diversity and interest of national and local artists in presenting their proposals. .

This exhibition will remain open to the public in the ULS Exhibition Hall (Benavente 950) from March 19 to April 17, 2014, Monday 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.