Accessing Puerto Rican Culture via Art (Blog)

During our study of Puerto Rican culture, we explored Carabali, a folktale about a rebel slave who refuses to accept slave life and instead goes to live in the hills of Puerto Rico.   In reading this story we elicited several themes:  the independent spirit, nationalism , the right to protect basic human rights whatever the cost, man vs. nature, and the impact one person can make to name a few.  Works of art are cultural products that like folktales give us insight into the perspectives of a culture. Take a look at the  puertoricanpainter.com website and browse the selection of artists featured there along with some of their more popular works. Choose one artist and post a commentary regarding the artist and his art work on our class blog. 
 
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