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Alfredo Jaar

One Hundred Times Nguyen

Estimate
$5,000 - 7,000
$6,250
Lot Details
4 Iris prints on Arches watercolor paper mounted to board
each signed, numbered, consecutively lettered and dated "24/25 [D-A] ALFREDO JAAR 96" lower margin
each print 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm.)
overall 44 5/8 x 32 3/4 in. (113.3 x 83.2 cm.)
Executed in 1996, this work is number 24 from an edition of 25 plus 5 artist's proofs and 3 printer's proofs.

Alfredo Jaar

Chilean | 1956
Born in Santiago, Alfredo Jaar studied architecture at the Universidad de Chile. He was the first Latin American to participate in the Aperto Section of the Venice Biennale of 1986. His art interrogates the relationship between First and Third World countries and their interplay within the global economy through community-based projects, photographs, installations and film.

Jaar's engagement with social and political issues in the larger global context is focused on the experience of the individual's endurance in different conflicts and personal narratives. He also explores the limitations of art in representing these humanitarian events in a society that has become desensitized to images depicting mordant issues, such as genocides and famines. His thoughtful and provocative works often address politically charged issues in subtle and poetic ways, creating new perspectives for reflecting on important world issues.
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