Xul Solar and Puta Lingua Ep. 28 with Omri Lewin
1h 17m | Sep 2, 2026This week on We Like Art. Tommy Mavra, Manny Muskets and guest Omri Lewin dive into the world of Argentinian artist Oscar Agustin Alejandro Schulz Solari or Xul Solar. He was weird. He made up languages like pan lingua and neo criollo but no one wanted to learn it.
Chapters:
00:00 we struggle with this guys name
02:00 Theme sone We Like Art
02:20 Introducing the show and our Guest Omri Lewin
03:40 Are Brazilians and Argentinians the same?
06:50 the first painting hand turkey
09:00 the cruelty of dolphins.
12:50 The painting is called Entierro from 1914
13:20 is portuguese the same as spanish?
16:50 some history on Xul solar. and racist scooby doo
18:30 backpacking through Europe during World War 1
21:30 Introducing the next painting. hills of Paris?
27:00 this city was poorly designed. It doesn't seem safe.
31:00 Omri Lewin insults the Argentinians for like 6th time.
32:00 where are all the black people in Argentina?
34:00 Black Israelites
34:50 the painting is Ciudad y Abismos 1946
39:00 more history on this guy. He's nuts. he made up languages.
43:00 the third painting. It looks like a fun studio Ghibli anime.
56:00 how elephant poachers get tusks. we're anti-poaching
58:00 Xul Solar's Flying machine vs Leonardo da vinci's
59:00 the painting is called Vuel Villa
1:00:00 more history. This guy might be the Kanye West of his time
1:09:00 one more painting. it's kind of dumb.
1:12:00 Pais Rojo Teti is the painting
1:14:00 wrapping it up. saying goodbye.
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guest:
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Head Historian:
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