Monumento a la Independencia

Quebrada de Humahuaca


From Humahuaca's plaza, a staircase climbs to the Monumento a la Independencia, a vulgarity produced by local sculptor Ernesto Soto Avendaño. The sculpture exemplifies indigenismo, a widespread tendency in Latin American art to romantically but patronizingly extol the virtues of native cultures overwhelmed by colonialism.


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