The "LA HISTORIA ES NUESTRA" exhibition marks the 50th anniversary of the pivotal 1973 military coup in Chile. It explores the era of Salvador Allende and the Unidad Popular government through a unique blend of ceramic art and historical documentation. Visitors can engage with 19 meticulously recreated scenes by artisans Marta Contreras and Greta Cerda, complemented by powerful archival photography and traditional music. This presentation offers a multifaceted perspective on a significant period of social and political transformation.
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This exhibition, 'LA HISTORIA ES NUESTRA', commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1973 military coup in Chile, focusing on Salvador Allende and the Unidad Popular government. It showcases ceramic recreations by local artisans Marta Contreras and Greta Cerda, depicting key moments of political and social transformation, alongside archival photographs and music.
Titled 'LA HISTORIA ES NUESTRA', this temporary exhibition delves into the significant period of Chilean history between 1970 and 1973, marked by the rise of Salvador Allende's Unidad Popular government and its aspirations for social and economic change, tragically cut short by the 1973 military coup. Fifty years later, the exhibition revisits these events through a unique artistic lens. The exhibition features 19 scenes meticulously recreated by ceramic artists Marta Contreras and Greta Cerda, utilizing traditional and mestizo techniques of polychrome clay from Talagante, a town near Santiago. These ceramic works, described as "loceras", reinterpret collective memory, adding a new social and political dimension to the craft. The exhibition is further enriched by "coplas" (popular songs) from the duo Canto y Porfía, and critically, by a collection of documentary photographs from the historical archive of the National Library of Chile, many of which were taken by Armindo Cardoso, a graphic chronicler who closely followed Allende's political career. These visual elements, generously provided by the institution, dialogue with the ceramic pieces and music to offer a multifaceted perspective on this pivotal era.
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