The representation of the Andean landscape in contemporary indigenous art from Tablas de Sarhua

Tablas de Sarhua are the traditional pictorial art of the Sarhua people, located in the southern Andean region of Peru. This contemporary indigenous art, declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation in 2018, consists of painted boards or qelqay that depict the interactions of the population with their n...

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Autores principales: Ivett Cotacallapa, Jurneth Salazar, Karla Siesquen, Cristian Yarasca-Aybar
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author Ivett Cotacallapa
Jurneth Salazar
Karla Siesquen
Cristian Yarasca-Aybar
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Jurneth Salazar
Karla Siesquen
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Jurneth Salazar
Karla Siesquen
Cristian Yarasca-Aybar
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description Tablas de Sarhua are the traditional pictorial art of the Sarhua people, located in the southern Andean region of Peru. This contemporary indigenous art, declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation in 2018, consists of painted boards or qelqay that depict the interactions of the population with their natural environment. This study analyzes the representation of the rural Andean landscape of Sarhua through an examination of the visual components of qelqay. The tablas feature a bottom-to-top visual structure and consist of pictorial scenes depicting activities, objects, nature, and families of Sarhua. The qelqay are not only an art of resistance and cultural memory, but also a means of interpreting the landscape in which the artisan is the main agent. Although the tablas have changed in size and materiality, they still function as images with agency that preserve indigenous ways of conceiving the contemporary Andean territory.
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spelling openalex:W7211929688The representation of the Andean landscape in contemporary indigenous art from Tablas de SarhuaIvett CotacallapaJurneth SalazarKarla SiesquenCristian Yarasca-AybarAndean landscapelandscape representationIndigenous artvisual structurecultural memoryart as resistanceAndean territorynatural environmentPeruvian AndesIndigenous Studies in Latin AmericaLatin American history and cultureIndigenous Cultures and HistoryTablas de Sarhua are the traditional pictorial art of the Sarhua people, located in the southern Andean region of Peru. This contemporary indigenous art, declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation in 2018, consists of painted boards or qelqay that depict the interactions of the population with their natural environment. This study analyzes the representation of the rural Andean landscape of Sarhua through an examination of the visual components of qelqay. The tablas feature a bottom-to-top visual structure and consist of pictorial scenes depicting activities, objects, nature, and families of Sarhua. The qelqay are not only an art of resistance and cultural memory, but also a means of interpreting the landscape in which the artisan is the main agent. Although the tablas have changed in size and materiality, they still function as images with agency that preserve indigenous ways of conceiving the contemporary Andean territory.Articlehttps://doi.org/10.1080/1472586x.2026.2718872W7211929688enVisual Studies1472-586X1472-58782026-09-08
spellingShingle Andean landscape
landscape representation
Indigenous art
visual structure
cultural memory
art as resistance
Andean territory
natural environment
Peruvian Andes
Indigenous Studies in Latin America
Latin American history and culture
Indigenous Cultures and History
Ivett Cotacallapa
Jurneth Salazar
Karla Siesquen
Cristian Yarasca-Aybar
The representation of the Andean landscape in contemporary indigenous art from Tablas de Sarhua
title The representation of the Andean landscape in contemporary indigenous art from Tablas de Sarhua
title_full The representation of the Andean landscape in contemporary indigenous art from Tablas de Sarhua
title_fullStr The representation of the Andean landscape in contemporary indigenous art from Tablas de Sarhua
title_full_unstemmed The representation of the Andean landscape in contemporary indigenous art from Tablas de Sarhua
title_short The representation of the Andean landscape in contemporary indigenous art from Tablas de Sarhua
title_sort representation of the andean landscape in contemporary indigenous art from tablas de sarhua
topic Andean landscape
landscape representation
Indigenous art
visual structure
cultural memory
art as resistance
Andean territory
natural environment
Peruvian Andes
Indigenous Studies in Latin America
Latin American history and culture
Indigenous Cultures and History
topic_facet Andean landscape
landscape representation
Indigenous art
visual structure
cultural memory
art as resistance
Andean territory
natural environment
Peruvian Andes
Indigenous Studies in Latin America
Latin American history and culture
Indigenous Cultures and History
url https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586x.2026.2718872
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