Memories of Underdevelopment - Tour

Explore highlights from the exhibition Memories of Underdevelopment: Art and the Decolonial Turn in Latin America, 1960-1985.

On view September 21, 2017 through February 04, 2018

Juan Downey
Anaconda Map of Chile
1973, installation: wooden structure encasing a live Anaconda snake, water receptacle, and a drawing of a map of Chile, dimensions: 83 7/16 × 66 15/16 × 17 11/16in. (212 × 170 × 45cm). Courtesy of Juan Yarur Torres, Fundacion AMA, Santiago, Chile.
Hélio Oiticica
Tropicália, Penetrables PN 2 ‘Purity is a myth’ and PN 3 ‘Imagetical’
1966-1967, wooden frames, cotton fabric, plastic sheets, carpet, nylon fabric, patchouli root, cinnamon sticks, sand, plants, metal, terracotta, brick and other materials, dimensions: 82 11/16 × 82 11/16 × 1 9/16in. (210 × 210 × 4cm). César and Claudio Oiticica Collection.
Lina Bo Bardi
Cadeira Beira de Estrada
1967, photograph, dimensions: framed 19 7/8 × 22 1/4 × 1 3/16in. (50.5 × 56.5 × 3cm). Instituto Lina Bo e P.M. Bardi archive.
Luis Arias Vera
Carrera del chasqui
1974, photographic documentation, dimensions n/a.
Fernando "Coco" Bedoya
Coquito
1979, collage on paper, dimensions: 20 1/2 × 14 9/16in. (52 × 37cm). Museo de Arte de Lima Contemporary Art Acquisitions Committee 2012.
Eugenio Espinoza
Untitled (Circumstantial [12 coconuts])
1971, dimensions: acrylic on canvas, coconuts, and rope, 59 × 59 × 10in. (149.9 × 149.9 × 25.4cm). Private Collection, Miami, FL.
Marcel Gautherot
Congresso Nacional em construção, Brasília, DF,
1959, Inkjet print with mineral pigments on 100% cotton paper, dimensions: Image 17 11/16 × 17 11/16in. (45 × 45cm). Coleção Marcel Gautherot / Acervo Instituto Moreira Salles.

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