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Paz Errázuriz, the first Chilean photographer to be awarded the country’s National Plastic Arts Prize (2017), was born in Santiago in 1944 and her work, from the mid-1970s onwards, documents the country’s social history through the 1973-1990 dictatorship and on into the restoration and consolidation of democracy.
Those living on the margins of society, without a voice and often unseen - the homeless, the mentally ill and the aged - are a frequent feature of her work and its message.
The current exhibition, curated by Spanish art critic, Juan Vicente Aliaga, was shown in Spain, France and Mexico before moving to Santiago’s Fine Arts Museum, where it is organized by Spain´s MAPFRE Foundation in collaboration with the Museum and financed by Chile’s Undersecretariat for Cultures and the Arts and the National Heritage Service.
Comprising around 170 photographs and some videos, the exhibition provides a chronology of Errázuriz’s work and is structured around key themes - such as the ages of life (and death), reclusion, struggle and resistance, and the circus- which she has developed over the course of her career.
The work of Errázuriz, who is well-known internationally as well as at home, can also be seen in some of the world’s leading galleries, including the MoMA in New York and the Tate Modern in London. She has, in addition, published a number of books such as El Infarto del Alma with Chilean poet Diamela Eltit and Amalia, a children’s book for which she also wrote the text.
