Sunday, 24 November 2024

Textile Details

Delincuencia debido a pobreza / Stealing as a Consequence of Poverty (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
Delincuencia debido a pobreza / Stealing as a Consequence of Poverty (Photo: Martin Melaugh)

 

Title of Textile:Delincuencia debido a pobreza / Stealing as a Consequence of Poverty
Maker: Anonymous
Country of Origin: Chile
Year Produced: c1977
Size (cm): 48x38cm
Materials: Scraps of materials hand sewn onto burlap
Type of Textile: Arpillera
Description:

In this arpillera we follow the Poverty to Prison pipeline in four acts read left to right, top to bottom: (1) young people are unable to find employment at the factory, (2) They return home to their unhappy parents and there is no food on the table, (3) The young man becomes a thief to provide for his family, (4) The young man is imprisoned.

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)



Textile exhibited at: Stitching for Solidarity, 1/07/2024 - 27/09/2024



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