Arpilleras and the Pinochet Regime
Arte, Mujer, Y Memoria: Arpilleras from Chile The artwork created by Gabriela Martinez, to illustrate the people of Chile fighting back for justice After viewing an electronic piece of art, through Molaa.org's online museum , I found this very colorful and meaningful piece of art. The artist, Gabriela Martinez, the Director of Education at MOLAA, made the work to illustrate Chile in around 1990, when the Chilean citizens lived throughout the brutal seventeen year Pinochet regime. The artwork was not specifically made for anyone, but instead to show what has happened in Chile for many years now. Martinez's work shows Chile and how traumatizing the era of Pinochet was for them. Officials at the time even tried to hide or deny the human rights abuses conducted under his administration. The art is very colorful, with bright-colored buildings, colorful brown mountains, and a shining sun in the top left corner. All of these deviate from Pinochet and what truly happened at the time i...