Xul Solar and his Utopia in Latin America

Authors

  • Maria Bernardete Ramos Flores Professora Titular na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Keywords:

Xul Solar, art, Utopia, mysticism.

Abstract

The all production of Xul Solar wasmarked by firm belief in the capacity of art toallow access to a better world. The Vuel Villa -written and pictorial - image of a mobile citythat will live in the sky, it is seen as a metaphorfor his spiritual utopia. Looking at the world inits historical actuality, the artist linked theirtechnical imagination to the teachings ofBlavatsky and mystical investigations, to talkabout the advent of "Hombre Nuevo". Hebelieved that America revealed, with theirsystems of myths and beliefs, physical andspiritual space in which to would develop thenew humanity. The Vuel Villa part of BuenosAires, toward to the earth, the universe and thecosmos.

How to Cite

Flores, M. B. R. (2015). Xul Solar and his Utopia in Latin America. Intellèctus, 13(1), 68–81. Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/intellectus/article/view/18216

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Artigos Livres