Abadwebi ababaluleke kakhulu base-Oaxaca, babelana ngemininingwane ebalulekile ngempilo yabo nomsebenzi wabo.
IToledo
UFrancisco Toledo akayena owesimanje noma wesimanje, ungumdwebi ngaphandle kwesikhathi ayephila ngaso. Wazalelwa eJuchitán de Zaragoza: “Kusukela ngiseyingane ngadweba, ngabhala izibalo ezincwadini, emabalazweni, kodwa kwaba lapho ngifika e-Oaxaca, lapho ngiqeda isikole samabanga aphansi, lapho ngathola khona umhlaba wobuciko ngokuvakashela amasonto, amakhonsathi namanxiwa ezinto zakudala [ ...] Ngangingenakho ukuphumula futhi ngangifunda kabi, ngoba angizange ngiqede isikole esiphakeme, ngakho umndeni wami wangithumela eMexico. Ngenhlanhla ngakwazi ukungena esikoleni sobuciko nobuciko esasiqala eCitadel futhi umphathi waso kwakunguJosé Chávez Morado. Ngakhetha umsebenzi wokuba ngumlobi wezithombe futhi ngafunda lo msebenzi: ekuhlanzeni amatshe, ngokuwaqopha, ekudwebeni nasekuwanyatheleni. Ngokushesha nje emva kokuba ngihlangane nomdwebi uRoberto Doniz, owayesevele eqala ukugqama, wangicela ukuba ngimkhombise imidwebo yami, kamuva ayiyisa ku-Antonio Souza, umnikazi wegalari ebalulekile. USouza wayenentshiseko enkulu ngomsebenzi wami futhi wahlela umbukiso wami wokuqala eFort Worth, eTexas, ngo-1959. Kancane kancane ngaqala ukuthengisa futhi ngangivele nginesitayela, uma ufuna ukusibiza kanjalo. Ngemali ebengiyonga kanye nezeluleko nezincomo zikaSouza, ngaya eParis. Ngangihamba inyanga futhi ngahlala iminyaka eminingi! […] Angizange ngipende isikhathi eside, kodwa angikulahli ukuqoshwa; Nginamakhomishini ngezikhathi ezithile futhi ngisanda kwenza uhlelo ukuze kuzuze i-Botanical Garden […] Intsha cishe njalo iqala imisebenzi yayo ngokulingisa. Ngicabanga ukuthi abadwebi abasha badinga ukwaziswa ngokwengeziwe, ngohambo, imifundaze, imibukiso evela phesheya. Kuyadingeka ukuthi sizivule hhayi ukuthi sihlale sivaliwe emhlabeni ”.
URoberto Doniz
URoberto waqala ukudweba esemncane kakhulu. Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nantathu wangena esikoleni sasebusuku sabasebenzi wase edlulela esikoleni esidumile i-Esmeralda ngo-1950: “Ngokushesha ngathola ukuthi ngaphezu kwenkundla yokusebenzela kwakudingeka ukuthi ngiye emitatsheni yolwazi, emagalari, ukuze ngibe nenkundla ebanzi yemakethe yezitolo. ubuciko bokuzakhela ikusasa futhi ngibe umdwebo osezingeni eliphezulu, ngoba kunzima kakhulu ukuziphilisa ngobuciko […] Ngo-1960 ngahamba ngayohlala eParis futhi ngaba nenhlanhla yokuthola imibukiso eminingana ehlelelwe […] Ngokushesha nje emuva kokuba ngibuyile U-Oaxaca, umphathi weyunivesithi wangimema ukuba ngifundise eSikoleni Sezobuciko futhi ngahlala lapho iminyaka emibili […] E-Rufino Tamayo Plastic Arts Workshop, eyasungulwa ngo-1973, ngazama ukukhuthaza abafundi ukuthi bathuthukise amakhono abo okudala, ngeke bazinikele ekukopisheni imisebenzi yabadwebi abadumile. Abafana babehlala e-workshop. Ngemuva kokuvuka badle isidlo sasekuseni, baya emsebenzini usuku lonke futhi babekhululekile ukudweba nokupenda noma yini abayifunayo. Kamuva ngaqala ukubafundisa izici zobuchwepheshe zokuhweba.
Filemoni James
Wazalelwa eSan José Sosola, idolobha elincane elisendleleni ebheke eMexico, ekuqaleni kweMixteca, ngo-1958: “Ngangihlale ngiphupha ngokufunda ukudweba. Bese ngijabule […] ngicabanga ukuthi i-canvas eluhlaza uma ngiyiqala, njengezithelo, futhi njengoba ngiyipenda iyavuthwa […] Uma ngiyiqeda, kungenxa yokuthi ngicabanga ukuthi manje sekukhululekile ukuhamba. Ufana nendodana okuzodingeka ukuthi ikwazi ukuzimela futhi izikhulumela.
UFernando Olivera
Wazalelwa edolobheni lase-Oaxaca ngo-1962, endaweni yaseLa Merced; wafunda ukuqoshwa eSchool of Fine Arts nothisha waseJapan uSinsaburo Takeda: “Esikhathini esithile esedlule ngibe nethuba lokuhambela i-Isthmus futhi ngabona izithombe namavidiyo wabesifazane nomzabalazo wabo nokubamba iqhaza empilweni yezenhlalo, ezepolitiki nezomnotho esifundeni, kusukela kusukela lapho ngabuyela kwabesifazane njengophawu emdwebeni wami. Ubukhona besifazane bunesisekelo, kufana nokuzala, umhlaba, ukuqhubeka ”.
URolando Rojas
Wazalelwa eTehuantepec ngo-1970: “Ngiphile impilo yami yonke ngamawala futhi bekufanele ngenze iphuzu lakho konke. Leso simo sengqondo sangiholele ekutheni ngiqhubekele phambili, ngoba selokhu ngafunda amabanga aphansi futhi ngosizo lukamama kuphela, umndeni wonke kwadingeka uphile. Ngifundele ukwakha nokwakha kabusha, futhi lokho kwangisiza ukuba ngithuthuke ekupendeni. Esikhungweni semfundo ephakeme bangifundise ngombono wombala, kodwa uma sekuhlanganisiwe, umuntu kufanele akhohlwe ngakho futhi apende ngolimi lwabo, ezwe imibala futhi adale indawo, impilo entsha ”.
UFelipe Morales
“Ngazalelwa edolobheni elincane, e-Ocotlán, futhi lapho kuphela kwendawo yaseshashalazini, okuwukuphela kwendawo okufanele sibonise yona yisonto. Kusukela ngiseyingane bengihlala ngithanda kakhulu inkolo futhi ngiyakubonisa lokho emfanekisweni wami. Ngisanda kuveza uchungechunge lwemidwebo enezingqikithi zenkolo nezendabuko ezibonisa okwenzeke kimi […] Izibalo zami zingabantu zivame ukunwetshwa, ngikwenza ngingaqapheli, yileyo ndlela abaphuma ngayo. Isandla, i-pulse, bayangiqondisa, kuyindlela yokuwakha isitayela futhi ubanikeze okuqukethwe komoya ”.
U-Abelardo Lopez
Wazalwa ngo-1957 eSan Bartolo, eCoyotepec. Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu, waqala izifundo zakhe zokudweba eSikoleni Sobuciko Obuhle e-Oaxaca. Ubeyingxenye yeRufino Tamayo Plastic Arts Workshop: “Ngithanda ukupenda imvelo engakhula kuyona kusukela ngisemncane. Angifuni ukukhombisa imvelo njengoba injalo, ngiyazama ukuyinika ukutolika engikukhethayo. Ngithanda isibhakabhaka esicacile, ubujamo bemvelo ngaphandle kwezithunzi, ukudweba into engabonwa, eyasungulwa. Ngipenda ngendlela enginika injabulo enkulu, ngesitembu sami nesitayela sami. Uma ngipenda, ngithathwa kakhulu yimizwa nomcabango wokubuyisela imvelo ukwedlula ukubalwa ”.
