Thursday, 21 November 2024
Textile
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'Violencia en Ayacucho 2 / Violence in Ayacucho 2', MH Mujeres Creativas workshop. (Photo: Rory McCarron)
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| Title of Textile: | Violencia en Ayacucho 2 / Violence in Ayacucho 2 |
| Maker: | MH Mujeres Creativas workshop |
| Country of Origin: | Peru |
| Year Produced: | 2011 |
| Size (cm): | 51cm (w) x 41cm (h) |
| Materials: | Embroidery on hessian and some scraps of material |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | Made by the Mujeres Creativas workshop in Lima, Peru, this piece is a replica of the 1985 original arpillera. It takes as its inspiration a picture drawn by a child portraying his memories of the military arriving in Ayacucho. His mother, through the Mujeres Creativas workshop, created this arpillera depicting the harshness and repression of this era.
Over 600,000 people were displaced within Peru during the 1980s and 1990s as a result of an armed conflict between the government, self defence groups and insurgent forces of the Shining Path and the Tupac Amaru Resistance Movement. In 1980, the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) used Ayachucho as its base for its campaign against the Peruvian government.
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| Owner: | Conflict Textiles collection |
| Location: | c/o Ana Zlatkes, Conflict Textiles ambassador in Argentina |
| Original / Replica: | Replica |
| Photographer: | Rory McCarron |
| Provenance: | Donated to curator Roberta Bacic by Alba Sanfeliu, Barcelona. Received 2010. (HM0724) |
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