We Will Find Them - Jess White photo books aesthetic and theoretical contexts

aesthetic and theoretical contexts

Giuseppe knew just the person to help him

The artist spent several years on the preparations

multiple social movements have reappropriated these forms of collective organisation as a prominent component of political struggle

We Will Find Them - Jess White photo books aesthetic and theoretical contextsIn the shadow of Augusto Pinochets dictatorship, resistance in Chile took many forms including quiet stitches by hand. We Will Find Them: Arpilleras and the Political Art of Chile Under Pinochet reveals the remarkable story of the arpilleristas: groups of women who transformed burlap or hessian cloth into vivid scenes of protest, community and hope. Featuring a selection of arpilleras that have been newly discovered, photographed and published here