Un nuevo cuerpo para el mismo corazón ardiente: la obra de Rosita Beas en el contexto del Estallido Social chileno de 2019

a obra de Rosita Beas no contexto da Explosão Social Chilena de 2019

Abstract

In this article, I analyze Rosita Beas's artistic work in the context of the 2019 Chilean Social outbreak, focusing on her proposal of "santos pop" and the redefinition of the Sacred Heart in cultural and political figures. Using an interdisciplinary approach that articulates the philosophy of the image and the Warburgian dynamogram, I argue that the pictures created by Beas—such as Felipe Camiroaga's Sacred Heart—function as agents of memory and hope in times of social crisis. Far from being simple representations, the images activate embodied memories, engage in dialogue with collective emotions, and update ancient religious symbols in new bodies and media. In this process, Beas's art articulates irony and spirituality, configuring a form of aesthetic resistance that responds to the political and social tensions of the moment. Likewise, the migration of the Sacred Heart from its traditional Catholic matrix to new popular expressions is examined, highlighting its capacity to redefine collective pain and offer horizons of hope. In this way, I conclude that the artist achieves a dialogue in the multiplicity of time that resonates as memory and freedom in bodies, our bodies and those who challenge us from their candles, T-shirts and cups, as they did on the walls of the Estallido Social.