Ximena Cristi
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In 1953, she joined with [[Matilde Pérez]], Aída Poblete, Sergio Montecinos, and Ramón Vergara to form the "Grupo de los cinco" ("Group of Five"). This group, which stemmed from a joint exhibition that the artists staged at the Chilean-French Cultural Institute, reflected an inconformity with the traditional mediums of pictorial representation. They dedicated themselves to experimenting with new ways of artistic creativity.{{Cite web |title=Grupo de los Cinco |url=https://www.artistasvisualeschilenos.cl/658/w3-article-45594.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Artistas Visuales Chilenos |language=es}} While they did not all work in a cohesive style, the five artists shared similar ideas about the reality of the painting, which they saw as corresponding to a balance of forms rather than to visual reality. |
In 1953, she joined with [[Matilde Pérez]], Aída Poblete, Sergio Montecinos, and Ramón Vergara to form the "Grupo de los cinco" ("Group of Five"). This group, which stemmed from a joint exhibition that the artists staged at the Chilean-French Cultural Institute, reflected an inconformity with the traditional mediums of pictorial representation. They dedicated themselves to experimenting with new ways of artistic creativity.{{Cite web |title=Grupo de los Cinco |url=https://www.artistasvisualeschilenos.cl/658/w3-article-45594.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Artistas Visuales Chilenos |language=es}} While they did not all work in a cohesive style, the five artists shared similar ideas about the reality of the painting, which they saw as corresponding to a balance of forms rather than to visual reality. |
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She was also a member of the [[Rectangle Group]] ({{langx|es|Grupo Rectángulo}}) alongside Gustavo Poblete, {{Interlanguage link|Ramón Vergara Grez|es}}, Matilde Pérez, |
She was also a member of the [[Rectangle Group]] ({{langx|es|Grupo Rectángulo}}) alongside Gustavo Poblete, {{Interlanguage link|Ramón Vergara Grez|es}}, Matilde Pérez, [[Elsa Bolívar]], Maruja Pinedo, and Uwe Grumann.{{cite web |title=Grupo Rectángulo |url=https://www.artistasvisualeschilenos.cl/658/w3-article-45595.html |website=Artistas Visuales Chilenos |publisher=[[Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts]] |access-date=2 April 2026 |location=Santiago, Chile |language=es}} The group's members based their work on geometric and abstract forms, and they maintained that "art is an art of ideas."{{Cite web |title=Grupo Rectángulo |url=http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-95997.html |access-date=2022-12-08 |website=Memoria Chilena, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile |language=es}} |
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