Colombian Art is back!

I can’t believe it was 10 years ago that I first started to write a blog on Colombian Art….. it seems like yesterday….. and has been over 7 years since I last posted here! … sometimes “life” just gets in the way of a “good thing”.

Anyway…. there have been MANY changes in the Colombian art scene as well as the internet in the intervening years. So I will start back with a simple post that updates the analysis of the last post: a Google search ranking of well known Colombian artists.

The Google system is a bit different now and only offers a range of data for a year. However there is one clear leader – can you guess who?

 

10,000 – 100,000 monthly worldwide searches
edgar negret

1,000 – 10,000 monthly worldwide searches
beatriz gonzalez
doris salcedo
david manzur
oscar muñoz
hugo zapata

100 – 1,000 monthly worldwide searches
luis luna
miguel angel rojas
nadin ospina
armando villegas
santiago cardenas
ana mercedes hoyos
jaime franco
maria fernanda cardoso
olga de amaral
jorge riveros
maripaz jaramillo
miguel de la espriella
jim amaral
john castles
rafael penagos

As you can see, the bold names have left this Earth and are on a new artistic plane, so technically this is a slightly different presentation. However the clear leader in the search engine is Edgar Negret.

The other person to have notably moved up the ranking is the sculptor Hugo Zapata.

Those who have notably gone down are: Luis Luna, Miguel Ángel Rojas, and Nadín Ospina. This however could be due to many reasons and I doubt it relates in any way to their art as they all are still very relevant on the Colombian art scene today as well as its international presentation.

 

Well…. that’s all for today… till next time. 🙂