Textile
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'Somos Mujeres cesantes / We are unemployed women', Anonymous. (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
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| Title of Textile: | Somos Mujeres cesantes / We are unemployed women |
| Maker: | Anonymous |
| Country of Origin: | Chile |
| Year Produced: | 1980c |
| Size (cm): | 47cm x 37cm |
| Materials: | Scraps of material hand sewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | Here we see women from a poor neighbourhood in Santiago protesting about their lack of employment. For these women, with their men-folk disappeared or imprisoned through the repressive actions of the Pinochet dictatorship, earning money to feed their families was a daily struggle.
“Percale” cotton, probably from old aprons, is used for the trees and flowers. The bright sun and the mountains framed by a crochet border are classical arpillera features. The simple stitches indicate that the arpillerista was not a seamstress but an ordinary woman undergoing difficult times. |
| Owner: | Roberta Bacic collection |
| Location: | Conflict Textiles store |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Martin Melaugh |
| Provenance: | Donation from Theresa Wolfwood, Victoria, Canada. Received 2023. (HM0724) |
| Textile exhibited at: |
RETAZOS TESTIMONIALES: arpilleras de Chile y otras latitudes, 28/09/2013 - 10/11/2013
Women 31 , 7/03/2014 - 15/04/2014
COSIENDO PAZ: Conflicto, Arpilleras, Memoria , 26/03/2015 - 30/09/2015
COSIENDO PAZ: Conflicto, Arpilleras, Memoria, 8/10/2015 - 4/04/2016
COSIENDO PAZ: Conflicto, Arpilleras, Memoria , 13/04/2016 - 12/06/2016
Arpilleras Speak Truth, 25/09/2017 - 28/10/2017
Forum de Arpilleras de Cataluña 2018, 27/10/2018 - 27/10/2018
Mujeres Disruptivas / Disruptive Women, 22/01/2019 - 29/03/2019
Mujeres Disruptivas / Disruptive Women, 8/02/2023 - 7/08/2023
Arpilleras, tejiendo memorias y redes transaccionales / Arpilleras: Weaving Memories, 20/05/2026 - 24/05/2026
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