🎨 Art · Exhibition
Animales Exhibition - Mono González
NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS DAY
- When
- Tuesday, September 1 to Saturday, October 31 · 09:00
- Where
- Galería de Arte Montegrande, Santiago
- Calle Victoria Subercaseaux 295
- Organizer
- Galería de Arte Montegrande
🎨 NATIONAL DAY OF VISUAL ARTS Celebrating Chilean artistic creation since 2005, Galería Montegrande presents "Animales", an exhibition by one of the great masters of national art, Alejandro "Mono" González (@monogonzalezchile) Born in Curicó in 1947, Mono González is a muralist, set designer, and a fundamental figure in the history of Chilean and Latin American public art. Together with the Brigada Ramona Parra (@brp.chile), he turned the wall into a space for collective expression and popular struggle, bringing art to the street, to the people. His work—loaded with color, memory, and social commitment—has left its mark on iconic murals such as those at the Metro de Santiago station Parque Bustamante, the Hospital del Trabajador, and "El Primer Gol del Pueblo Chileno", created together with Roberto Matta in 1971. His style gave rise to a true school, democratizing art and consolidating it as cultural heritage, in constant dialogue with the identity and history of Chile. With over five decades of career, in 2025 he received the National Prize for Plastic Arts, the highest recognition the country gives to its artists. In the exhibition "Animales" n… On the flyer: NATIONAL DAY OF VISUAL ARTS Celebrating Chilean artistic creation since 2005, Galería Montegrande presents "Animales", an exhibition by one of the great masters of national art, Alejandro "Mono" González (@monogonzalezchile) We invite you to explore this new stage of an artist who has made art a space for citizen encounter, and to celebrate the National Day of Visual Arts with us. 📍 Galería Montegrande — Calle Victoria Subercaseaux 295, Barrio Lastarria