To view the Condition Report please Sign In
Sign InGalerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
Acquired from the above by the present owner
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)
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.
View More Works
