Talk
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Carlos Arias and Diego Parra at Il Posto
12:00 hours
On Monday, 14 August at 12 noon, we welcomed artist Carlos Arias and critic and academic Diego Parra for a discussion at Il Posto's Research and Documentation Centre.
The conversation between Arias and Parra revolved around Arias’ exhibition ‘Chile: Amnesia de Verdad’ (Chile: True Amnesia), presented at the National Museum of Fine Arts and curated by Cuauhtémoc Medina.
Carlos Arias was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1964. His career has developed internationally, particularly in Mexico, where his work has been widely recognised and curated by leading Latin American art historians such as Cuauhtémoc Medina, chief curator of the University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC). He has participated in: First Liverpool Biennial, England, 1999; ARS 01 Kiasma, Finland; San Diego Museum of Art, 2002; Museum Beelden aan Zee, Netherlands, 2002; Il Racconto del Filo, Italy, 2003; Eco: Mexican Contemporary Art, Spain, 2005; Plataforma 01, Mexico, 2006; La era de la discrepancia, Mexico; IV Prague Biennial, 2009; Neomexicanismos, MAM, Mexico, 2011; El hombre al desnudo, Munal and Autorretratos en lo común, Museo Textil de Oaxaca, 2014; El hilo de la vida. Capilla del Arte. Puebla, 2015; The Thread of Life. Museo Universitario del Chopo CDMX, 2016; The Thread is Set. Galería Marso CDMX, 2017; Against Oblivion. ARTBO. Bogotá, 2018; Embroidery. International Baroque Museum. Puebla, 2019.