In this video, you will learn the importance of Hermeneutics to Xul Solar by analysing two of his paintings: Judge, Nana Watzin and Drago. To help you navigate this video, we invite you to answer the following questions as you go along.
What did he read and discover in London?
How did the study of Hermes Trismegistus affect his work?
What does it mean to you that his paintings are codes the audience can decipher and read?
What guides to the understanding of his painting does he provide in his work "Judge"?
Why did he create the language Neocreole?
Why did he use the myth of Nanahuatsin in his painting?
Was his objective only to create a visual depiction of Precolumbian myths?
How did he envision America? How was it different to Torres Garcia's vision?
Why did he want to make a united Latin America?
How did he envision Latin America's relationship with Europe?
Did the answer to the new Latin America lie in reviewing their ancestral past alone?
What did this union imply for the spiritual development of the continent?