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Alfredo Jaar
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1956
Alfredo Jaar is a Chilean-born artist, architect, photographer and filmmaker who lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal. He is mostly known as an installation artist, often incorporating photography and covering socio-political issues and war—the best known perhaps being the 6-year-long The Rwanda Project about the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He has also made numerous public intervention works, like The Skoghall Konsthall one-day paper museum in Sweden, an early electronic billboard intervention A Logo For America, and The Cloud, a performance project on both sides of the Mexico-USA border. He has been featured on Art:21. He won the Hasselblad Award for 2020.
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About Alfredo Jaar
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1956
Alfredo Jaar is a Chilean-born artist, architect, photographer and filmmaker who lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal. He is mostly known as an installation artist, often incorporating photography and covering socio-political issues and war—the best known perhaps being the 6-year-long The Rwanda Project about the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He has also made numerous public intervention works, like The Skoghall Konsthall one-day paper museum in Sweden, an early electronic billboard intervention A Logo For America, and The Cloud, a performance project on both sides of the Mexico-USA border. He has been featured on Art:21. He won the Hasselblad Award for 2020.
Alfredo Jaar is a multifaceted Chilean creator who combines the disciplines of architecture, film, and visual arts.
His work deeply explores themes of political relevance and crucial historical moments for contemporary society.
Born in Santiago de Chile in 1956, he has successfully projected his artistic vision internationally.
Among his most notable creations is the iconic Park of Laments.
His career encompasses a vast production that includes photography, installations, and printmaking.
