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'Manifestación en la plaza San Martin de Lima / Demonstration at the Plaza San Martin in Lima', Anonymous, Micaela Bastidas Group. (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
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| Title of Textile: | Manifestación en la plaza San Martin de Lima / Demonstration at the Plaza San Martin in Lima |
| Maker: | Anonymous, Micaela Bastidas Group |
| Country of Origin: | Peru |
| Year Produced: | 1992 |
| Size (cm): | Standard |
| Materials: | Scraps of material hand sewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | The action in this arpillera takes place on the streets. A group of women and men are demonstrating to express their immediate needs. They are marching together and carry two banners. One says: "We demand secure work" and the other reads "Solution to our problems." Instead of being listened to, they are being sprayed with water by a police car so that they disperse. Two policemen are pulling a person by the hair and beating him/her. Another group carries a banner saying: "No to repression." We also see people looking at what is going on from the windows of the neighbouring flats. |
| Owner: | Private collection |
| Location: | Germany |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Martin Melaugh |
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