Aló Pintura por Diego Pombo

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Cali, 2005
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Ministry of Culture
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© Salamandra del Barco Ebrio Artistic Cultural Corporation
Concerted Room, Ministry of Culture and Cali’s Administrative Offi ce of Culture
ISBN 958 - 33 - 7775 -9
Editorial Management:
Diego Pombo
Carrera 36 No. 4A-31
Telefax: 554 2411 - 683 1858
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Writings: William Ospina
Daniel Samper
Jotamario Arbeláez
Pedro Alcántara
Félix Ángel
Julián Malatesta
Carlos Fajardo Fajardo
Hoover Delgado
José Zuleta
Miguel González
Diego Pombo
Cover: The Miraculous Catch - 2005
Acrylic paint on canvas. 47.24 in x 35.43 in
Inside cover: Your Highness III - 2005
Acrylic paint on wood. 22.05 in x 22.05 in
Acknowledgements:
La Tertulia Museum of Modern Art
Ernesto Fernández Riva
Luis Mesa
Carfi col Ltda.
Layout: Art Department at Feriva Press S.A.
This book was printed at
Feriva Press S.A. in june of 2005
Calle 18 No. 3-33
PBX: 883 1595

Cali, Colombia
Pombo Buriticá, Diego Fernando, 1954-
Diego Pombo: anthology / writings: William Ospina … --
Cali: Salamandra del Barco Ebrio Artistic Cultural Corporation,
Feriva Press, 2005.
120 p.: il.; 28 cm.
ISBN 958-33-7775-9
1. Pombo Buriticá, Diego Fernando, 1953- - Pictorial work -
Expositions. 2. Colombian Art - Expositions. 3. Kitsch I. Ospina,
William II. Title
709.861 cd 19 ed.
AJD5574
CEP-Banco de la República-Luis-Angel Arango Library
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To Isabel, Beatriz and María,
the three women in my life.
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Content
Diego Pombo’s Anthology _____________________________ 9
My relationship with the arts __________________________ 11
The Pombo, a tropical grotesque _______________________ 53
Pombo the bad _____________________________________ 61
Alcántara and Pombo in unison ________________________ 63
Diego Pombo and the rescue of memory ________________ 65
Maculate conceptions of Pombodernism ________________ 73
Pombo in his own ink ________________________________ 77
Pombo goes retro ___________________________________ 83
Diego Pombo: The validity of the obsolete _______________ 91
Diego Pombo and the most serious of all games __________ 117
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Diego Pombo’s Anthology
Diego Pombo’s ultra baroque, pedantic, grotesque, poignant, prosaic,
direct, venomous work and often times of implacable diatribe, gathered
in this anthology and showing his multi-faceted productions as a painter,
drawer, graphic artist, object creator, designer, illustrator, gives us a
glimpse of his diverse interests. Musician, publicist, actor, stage designer,
cultural manager and artistic director to boot.
All of those experiences and tasks nurtured his production with
elements that characterized a very important artistic sector in the 80’s,
a decade during which he chose the visu...

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