Contributions

  • Aguirre, Soledad, writer of supplementary textual content - Contributor
  • Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Santiago, Chile) - Contributor

Publication

2012 - Ocho Libros, Santiago, Chile, Chile

Language

Spanish

Word Count

42,000 words, Guess

Page Count

168 pages

Identifiers

Description

The arpilleras (a brightly colored patchwork picture made predominantly by groups of women) have a special ability to confront opposite symbols. We see pigeons, newborn children and nature, but we also see cemeteries, blood and repressive agents. Thus, this expression that was born as a form of union between the victims of the Pinochet dictatorship has transcended the conjuncture to become one of the most moving examples of artistic sensitivity, courage and solidarity. This catalog of the arpilleras collection of the Museum of Memory and Human Rights invites you to understand and value in work done by women from all over Chile who, overcoming all difficulties, managed to cross the borders and today represents an inescapable testimony of an era in which life was stronger than death.

Subjects

Topics

WomenHistoryFolk artCatalogsArpillerasExhibitionsArt collections

Places

Other Editions

  • Arpilleras: colección del Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos HumanosOcho Libros2012-01-01

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