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Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Image Record ID:
aahi0001170
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Work Title (display):
The Rwanda Project, 1994-1998
Image Title:
detail, Eyes of Gutete Emerita
Work Dates (display):
1996
Work Dates type:
creation
Image Date (display):
2007-11-30
Work Creator (display):
Alfredo Jaar (Chilean, born 1956)
Work Creator gender:
male
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male
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Work Creator notes (display):
Chilean photographer and installation artist. He first studied architecture at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, then filmmaking at the Instituto Chileno-Norteamericano de Cultura, Santiago, concluding in 1981. Jaar's abiding interest throughout his career has been in the political and economic relationships between the West and the developing world, and he has explored various aspects of this relationship through research-based projects. Over 50 such projects were completed between 1986 and 1996, each culminating in installations that often took the form of photographs mounted on light-boxes; he also used mirrors, grandiose golden picture frames and maps. His preference for a medium more usually associated with corporate advertising in public spaces was heavily tinged with irony, especially given his subject-matter. Gold in the Morning (1986; San Diego, CA, Mus. Contemp. A.) exemplifies his working methods, evolving out of several weeks research in the Amazon rain forest, where Jaar looked at the lives of men foraging for gold in an open mine. He subsequently exhibited backlit photographs of the site and the miners alongside an installation of nails and a golden frame. A series of other installations emerged from this experience, all concerning gold mining, such as Rushes (1986; see 1998 exh cat., vol. 2, pp. 315) and Frames of Mind (1987; see 1998 exh. cat., vol. 2, pp. 3647). While much of his work was exhibited in gallery spaces, he also also often ventured outside: Shelter (Please Close Your Eyes) (1996; see 1998 exh.cat., vol. 2, pp. 30715), for example, was a series of text-based posters mounted in backlit advertising boards on a bus shelter at the University of Washington; it concerned the work of two writers and a political activist. (Grove Art Online Accessed 2008-02-6)
Work Creator UCB affiliation (display):
visiting artist, Visiting Artist Program, 1987
Work Style Period:
20th century
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20th century
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Work Style Period:
Contemporary
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Contemporary
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Work Subject:
genocide
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genocide
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Work Subject:
Rwanda
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Rwanda
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Work Subject:
Africa (continent)
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Africa (continent)
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Work Worktype:
photographs
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photographs
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Work Worktype:
installations (visual works)
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installations (visual works)
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Work Category (VRC classification):
sculptures and installations
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sculptures and installations
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Work Category (VRC classification):
photographs
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photographs
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Work Material and Technique (display):
35mm slides
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
Galerie Lelong
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
exhibition
Work Location (Geographic) name:
New York, New York
Image Rights (display):
© Alfredo Jaar
Image Rights fair use checklist:
1) use of this image is for education and educational research; 2) access is restricted to University of Colorado and Auraria Higher Education Center communities; 3) the original photographer is credited if known; 4) the image is published; 5) the amount of the work in relation to the whole is needed for education or educational research; 6) the number of derivatives is the minimum required for education or educational research; 7) the image has not been found to be reasonably available for sale; 8) duplication of the image does not violate preexisting contracts.
Work Rights (display):
© Alfredo Jaar
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Holding Institution:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
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