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Edgar Alvarez, an artist and activist, is a Venezuelan living in Bogota, Colombia. The ‘craftivist’ works with plasticine figures, through which he explains and highlights the issues in the Andean area in recent years. The plastic artist explains current issues and historical occasions through his artwork, which can be discovered scattered about in the Colombian capital. Alvarez’s latest project focuses on the current coronavirus pandemic, those suffering because of it and the migrant crises.
Alvarez has actually committed his life to ‘discussing’ current affairs and raising awareness among the population, he works under the name Se Lo Explico con Plastilina, which translates to ‘I discuss with plastic’ and has racked thousands of followers on his social networks, consisting of the 110 k followers on Instagram.
Craftivism is a mix in between crafts/arts and activism, which typically focuses on the styles of anti-capitalism, environmentalism, uniformity or third-wave feminism, but is revealed through art.
Alvarez’s clay art symbolises the really real struggle of the people impacted by the coronavirus, and can be found all across the city typically near to down-on-their-luck residents, whom the art mirrors.
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