Alfredo Jaar - New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art London Wednesday, December 4, 2024 | Phillips
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  • Description

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Berlin, Galerie Franck + Schulte, The Silence of Nduwayezu, 8 February - 26 March 1997 (another example exhibited)
    Barcelona, Centre d'Art Santa Mònica; San Sebastian, Koldo Mitxelena, Alfredo Jaar: Let There Be Light: The Rwanda Project 1994 - 1998, 20 April - 7 June 1998, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)

  • Artist Biography

    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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quadvision lightbox with 4 colour transparencies
64 x 57.3 x 13 cm (25 1/4 x 22 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.)
Executed in 1996, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Estimate
£6,000 - 8,000 ‡♠

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New Now: Modern & Contemporary Art

London Auction 4 December 2024