In the words of the Mission: “In this context of global crisis, the bicentennial of Peru is presented as an opportunity to tell the world that Peruvians keep alive the trust in our strength and resilience, as heirs of a country with a millennial and diverse cultural tradition, and that the occasion encourages us to renew our hopes for the future with a new spirit, a bicentennial spirit.
It is a time to remember the wonderful creations and contributions of Peruvians to the world, throughout our history as a nation, and also to hopefully imagine a Peru that is projected to the world from this bicentennial, as a country without poverty, with equal opportunities, where we can live with dialog and reconciliation, with sustainability and resilience, and cultivating our cultural diversity.”
Since the 1940s, the OAS has had a close relationship with the development of modern and contemporary art in Peru. As early as 1947, the works of José Sabogal were included in the OAS art exhibition Contemporary Latin Americans. Fernando de Szyszlo, for example, exhibited in 1953 and spent a few years working for the OAS. Arturo Kubotta exhibited in 1961 as part of the exhibition Japanese Artists of the Americas, and Julia Navarrete exhibited in 1982 at the Homage to Women Artists of the Americas exhibition. These are just a few of the many examples that frame the artistic relationship between the OAS and Peru.