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MAY
28
Between Absence and Presence: The Arpilleras Movement in Chile
Date:
Tuesday, 28 May 2019
Time:
All day
Location:
MSU Museum, Ground Floor - 409 W Circle Dr., East Lansing, MI 48823
Department:
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Event Details:
May 28 - November 30, 2019

This exhibition highlights significant works of popular art in Chile, known as arpilleras, created during the dictatorship and post-dictatorship period. The term arpillera (literally "burlap"), in many Latin American settings, refers to images created by stitching colorful fabric scraps onto a burlap backing. Created by mostly working class women, these works commemorate family members "disappeared" by the military and security forces, and depict the difficulties of everyday life under martial law. This important collection of arpilleras, dating from the early 1970s to the present, has been assembled by Marjorie Agosin, who has worked closely for decades with women arpillera artists, helping document their stories and aid them in their continuing struggle for financial security.