Eugenio Dittborn

To Hang Airmail Painting No.5

1984

© Eugenio Dittborn

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In Tate Modern

Media Networks: A view from Buenos Aires

Free entry
Artist
Eugenio Dittborn born 1943
Medium
Oil paint, monotype, wool and screenprint on paper
Dimensions
Support: 1720 × 1420 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Presented by the Latin American Acquisitions Committee, with funds provided by the American Fund for the Tate Gallery 2004
Reference
T11827

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The civilian government in Chile was overthrown in 1973 and the country became a dictatorship. Dittborn was part of a group of artists that explored ways of working in this political context and how to make links with the outside world. His ‘Airmail Paintings’ were designed to be folded and sent abroad. The destinations where the work has been displayed – including Tate – are recorded on the envelope, which forms part of the work. Dittborn compared the process to sending out a message in a bottle from a tiny island.

Gallery label, January 2019

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