‘Disappearing’ Chilean art
In the years following Augusto Pinochet’s military coup, Chilean artists created works in fear and solidarity, and out of defiance. Many of those creations, from street art in Santiago to dance performances abroad, were ephemeral, making them difficult to historicize. A new exhibition at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts aims to stem the loss of those important works. “Embodied Absence: Chilean Art of the 1970s Now” presents several performance-based works from that politically charged time in partnership with a younger cohort of Chilean artists. “I felt it was important to do this exhibition while the artists who made work in the ’70s are still here with us, and can attest to their memories and legacies,” said Liz Munsell, visiting curator at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. “I also invited three artists of an emerging generation, all born in the ’70s, to create new works in collaboration with...