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Juan Luis Martínez

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WA-00034915

Conceptual ArtDadaism

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WikidataQ925926

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/45651
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Juan Luis Martínez was a Chilean conceptual artist and poet whose practice merged visual art with experimental writing and typography. Active from the 1970s onward, he created mixed-media works that dismantled conventional narrative structures through collage, fragmentation, and strategic use of blank space. His work engaged directly with the political and cultural upheaval of Chile during and after the Pinochet era, employing absurdist and Dadaist strategies to question authoritarianism, language, and meaning itself. Martínez worked across books, installations, and printed objects that functioned simultaneously as artworks and critiques of institutional representation.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (13)

El poeta anonimo (o el eterno presented de Juan Luis Martinez)

2012 · Artist's book

page (each): 11 9/16 x 7 1/4" (29.3 x 18.4 cm); overall (closed): 11 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 1 3/16" (29.5 x 19 x 3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Aproximación del principio de incertidumbre a un proyecto poético

2010 · Artist's book

page (each): 14 9/16 x 10 5/8" (37 x 27 cm; overall (closed): 14 9/16 x 11 x 9/16" (37 x 28 x 1.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La nueva novella

1985 · Artist's book

page (each): 10 3/8 x 7 1/4" (26.4 x 18.4 cm); overall (closed): 10 5/8 x 7 3/8 x 9/16" (27 x 18.8 x 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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The Language of Fashion (El lenguaje de la moda)

1979 · Set of eight drawings, pressure-sensitive stickers and cut-and-pasted paper on printed paper

sheet (each approx.): 13 5/8 × 9 7/8" (34.6 × 25.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Language of Fashion (El lenguaje de la moda)

1979 · Pressure-sensitive stickers and cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper

13 1/2 x 10" (34.3 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Language of Fashion (El lenguaje de la moda)

1979 · Pressure-sensitive stickers and cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper

13 1/2 x 10" (34.3 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Language of Fashion (El lenguaje de la moda)

1979 · Pressure-sensitive stickers and cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper

13 5/8 x 9 7/8" (34.6 x 25.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Language of Fashion (El lenguaje de la moda)

1979 · Pressure-sensitive stickers and cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper

13 3/4 x 9 7/8" (34.9 x 25.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Language of Fashion (El lenguaje de la moda)

1979 · Pressure-sensitive stickers and cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper

13 5/8 x 10 1/8" (34.6 x 25.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Language of Fashion (El lenguaje de la moda)

1979 · Pressure-sensitive stickers and cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper

13 5/8 x 9 7/8" (34.6 x 25.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Language of Fashion (El lenguaje de la moda)

1979 · Pressure-sensitive stickers and cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper

13 3/8 x 10" (34 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Language of Fashion (El lenguaje de la moda)

1979 · Pressure-sensitive stickers and cut-and-pasted printed paper on printed paper

13 3/4 x 10 1/8" (34.9 x 25.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

La poesia chilena

1978 · Artist's book

page (each): 5 1/8 x 7 3/16" (13 x 18.2 cm); overall (closed): 5 1/8 x 7 9/16 x 9/16" (13 x 19.2 x 1.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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13 published of 26 catalogued · 24 with image

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13 publishedof 26 catalogued24 img

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Met Museum

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Conceptual Art Dadaism

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Museum of Modern Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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