Conceptual art since the seventies, has put into action that dimension of life itself, including and presenting “reality” through objects, bodies and actions; previously differentiated aspects from the
artistic field. However, contemporary art (from the neo-avant-garde of the sixties onwards) in Latin America, does not obey only a transgression of materials and languages, as supposedly was done in Europe; it also seeks to problematize social and political conflicts from a critical and even activist perspective. For this, the body is referred to as an object and a subject, as a favorite place or space to visualize violence in its broadest and most radical sense.
Keywords:
Latin American art – contemporary – conceptualism – body – violence
Author Biography
Constanza Navarrete Wilder, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Navarrete Wilder, C. (2018). The body as a place of pain and manifestation of violence in contemporary latin american art. Revista Bricolaje, (3), pp. 33–47. Retrieved from https://revistaethika.uchile.cl/index.php/RB/article/view/51591
