Textile
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'Fin de semana en una población / Weekend in a población', Anonymous. (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
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| Title of Textile: | Fin de semana en una población / Weekend in a población |
| Maker: | Anonymous |
| Country of Origin: | Chile |
| Year Produced: | 1980c |
| Size (cm): | 96cm (w) x 69cm (l) |
| Materials: | Scraps of material handsewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | This piece depicts the mountains and wide open blue skies of Chile with a bright sun shining down. This large arpillera reflects the daily life within a población (poor neighbourhood). The vibrant energy of the población is expressively illustrated here as a hive of activity. To the right of the foreground, we see people around a table preparing the traditional Chilean food of empanadas, which are cooked in the clay oven beside it. We also see children playing and boys fishing at the river; women are washing their clothes and beating the dust from blankets. We see a busy soup kitchen providing for the very poor. However, the sun still shines down on all of them equally. |
| Owner: | Conflict Textiles collection |
| Location: | Conflict Textiles store |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Martin Melaugh |
| Provenance: | Donation from Kinderhilfe arpillera collection, Chile/Bonn (2009). (HM0724) |
| Textile exhibited at: |
Arpilleras: Voices on Tapestries, 8/03/2010 - 31/03/2010
Arpilleras: Embajadoras para el Bicentenario Quilts/Arpilleras: Ambassadors for the B, 14/04/2010 - 20/05/2010
Exhibit of Chilean Arpilleras, 20/05/2010 - 22/05/2010
Stitching Resistance, 12/10/2010 - 16/01/2011
I Fòrum de Arpilleres de Catalunya, 26/10/2011 - 31/10/2011
Arpillera Voices and Echoes , 6/10/2016 - 14/11/2016
Arpilleras viajeras: Chilenas y de otras latitudes, 16/11/2016 - 12/12/2016
Stitching Stories – the Power of the Needle and Thread, 26/04/2018 - 26/04/2018
#DerechosdelNiño / #DretsdelsInfants / #ChildrensRights, 10/11/2020 - 29/01/2021
#ChildrensRights / #DerechosdelNiño / #DretsdelsInfants , 15/03/2021 - 6/06/2021
A World of Stories, 13/05/2023 - 26/08/2023
Refugee Week 2025 - Community as a Superpower, 18/06/2025 - 30/06/2025
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