Ester Chacón Ávila's Textile Sculptures at Galería José de la Mano

The exhibition 'ESTER CHACÓN ÁVILA. Criaturas textiles [1974-1988]' at Galería José de la Mano in Madrid showcases the textile works of Chilean artist Ester Chacón Ávila (born 1936). Trained as an architect at the University of Chile, she moved to New York in the late 1960s and later to Paris, where she turned to textile design and began her artistic practice in 1973—the year of the Chilean coup. Her pieces are hand-knotted without preliminary sketches, creating three-dimensional, asymmetrical forms that blur the line between object and organism. Works like 'Epitafio' (1974) and 'Mujer I, II, III' (c. 1983) address trauma, displacement, and memory related to Chile's recent history. The exhibition runs until June 12, 2026.