Saturday, 23 November 2024
Textile
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'Mi Trabajo en el Mercado /My work in the Market', Mujeres Creativas Workshop. (Photo: Martin Melaugh)
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| Title of Textile: | Mi Trabajo en el Mercado / My work in the Market |
| Maker: | Marina, Mujeres Creativas Workshop |
| Country of Origin: | Peru |
| Year Produced: | 2008 |
| Size (cm): | 67cm (w) x 62cm (l) |
| Materials: | Scraps of material hand sewn onto burlap |
| Type of Textile: | Arpillera |
| Description: | A significant aftershock of war is the displacement of civilians fleeing the violence. In this Peruvian arpillera, a replica of the 1985 original made in a Mujeres Creativas workshop, life for the displaced in a Lima shanty town is depicted. In order to ensure a level of normality and to allow life to go on, markets such as these are integral to keeping the spirit of survival.
We can identify with all the women: the seller of the vegetables, the shop assistants, the women buying what they can afford; each hoping for a more stable, peaceful, non-violent existence.
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| Owner: | Conflict Textiles collection |
| Location: | Conflict Textiles store |
| Original / Replica: | Replica |
| Photographer: | Martin Melaugh |
| Provenance: | Acquisition from Mujeres Creativas by Roberta Bacic (2009). (HM0724)
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