Eugenio Dittborn's Airmail Paintings at artpress
Eugenio Dittborn creates what he calls 'airmail paintings' that are folded, sent, and re-sent through the postal system. His work juxtaposes radically different images without sentimentality, such as his daughter minutes after birth alongside a recently discovered victim of a dictatorship. The artist sees himself as a tiny general on a microscopic conquest of the world, aiming to show a Chile stripped of its clichés.
Key facts
- Eugenio Dittborn calls his works 'airmail paintings'.
- The paintings are folded and sent via post.
- He juxtaposes images like his newborn daughter and a dictatorship victim.
- Dittborn considers himself a 'tiny general' on a microscopic world conquest.
- His goal is to show a Chile without clichés.
- The article was published in artpress in September 1999.
- The exhibition title is 'rémotitudes'.
- Dittborn's work confronts images without sentimentalism.
Entities
Artists
- Eugenio Dittborn
Institutions
- artpress
Locations
- Chile
Sources
- artpress —