Opus 1981/Andante Desesperato

Alfredo JaarWW-1981-M095011

1981·Standard definition video (color, sound), photograph by Susan Meiselas ("Sandinista Barricade", 1979), and photograph of original video cassette·Overall dimensions variable; video duration 4:05 min; framed photographs (from left to right) 6 1/2 x 9 x 1 1/4"; 14 5/8 x 20 5/8 x 1 1/2"

Catalogue

Year: 1981
Medium: Standard definition video (color, sound), photograph by Susan Meiselas ("Sandinista Barricade", 1979), and photograph of original video cassette
Dimensions: Overall dimensions variable; video duration 4:05 min; framed photographs (from left to right) 6 1/2 x 9 x 1 1/4"; 14 5/8 x 20 5/8 x 1 1/2"
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: Alfredo Jaar

Artist

Alfredo Jaar

Installation

Alfredo Jaar is a Chilean-born artist, architect, photographer and filmmaker who lives in New York City. 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.

Santiago, Chile

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