Thursday, 21 November 2024
Textile
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Organización de los Estados Americanos es un chiste / The Organization of American States is Just a Joke (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
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| Title of Textile: | Organización de los Estados Americanos es un chiste / The Organization of American States is Just a Joke |
| Maker: | Anonymous |
| Country of Origin: | Chile |
| Year Produced: | c1977 |
| Size (cm): | 56cm (w) x 37cm (l) |
| Materials: | Scraps of materials hand sewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | This unusual arpillera depicts circus scene in which two clowns perform a juggling act on a platform labelled OEA, referring to the Organización de los Estados Americanos or Organisation of American States. Around the circus ring an audience of featureless Chilean faces observe. |
| Owner: | Conflict Textiles collection |
| Location: | Conflict Textiles store |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Martin Melaugh |
| Provenance: | Donation from an anonymous member of the Chile Solidarity Committee of Berlin (West). Received Nov 2022. (HM0924) |
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