(b. Bolivia, 1932).
Part of the "Generation of '52" that was active after the Bolivian National Revolution, Arnal, like several other artists, was inspired by Cubism but turned towards depicting the Andean world. After 1960 he began to paint urban workers, and the 1975 Labyrinth depicts two faceless haulers of the La Paz markets, stepping into and out of a brightly lit square opening. Arnal also executed a series of paintings about Andean condors, who appear in many mountain myths and legends. In the 1980s he depicted female nudes, and after 1985 these became hulking, mountain-like forms. Beginning in 1990 Arnal came close to total abstraction in works that depict the interiors of mountains, referring to Bolivia's mining history and suggesting the many emotional states of mankind. Sources:
Edward J. Sullivan, ed. Latin American Art in the Twentieth Century. London: Phaidon Press, 1996. pg. 242.
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