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Brief History of US Interventions in Latin America Since 1946

Carlos Motta2005/2014

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation
New York, United States

Brief History is part of a series produced by Carlos Motta between 2005 and 2009 that presents two chronologies of events in Latin America: one of U.S. interventions in the region since 1946, and one of the area’s leftist guerrilla movements. One side of the print outlines the interventions’ interconnected narratives in text; the other depicts two bloody handprints and the symbol of the Mano Blanco death squads from 1980s El Salvador. The whole work thus contrasts the orderly, objective quality of written “facts” with the visceral immediacy of images associated with violence.

Details

  • Title: Brief History of US Interventions in Latin America Since 1946
  • Creator: Carlos Motta
  • Date Created: 2005/2014
  • Physical Dimensions: 22 3/4 x 16 13/16 inches (57.8 x 42.7 cm) each; edition 2/5
  • Type: Work on paper
  • Rights: Copyright: Carlos Motta
  • External Link: Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative
  • Medium: Image on screen print based on a photograph by Susan Meiselas of the White Hand signature left by a Salvadorean death squad on the door of a slain peasant leader and inkjet print, diptych

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