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Chile Resists
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Chile Resists
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
UK (made)
- Date:
ca. 1976 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
The Poster Collective (issued by)
- Materials and Techniques:
Colour screenprint
- Credit Line:
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
- Museum number:
E.1710-2004
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3G, shelf DR25
In 1973, with US backing, General Pinochet led a military coup which overthrew the democratically elected government of Salvador Allende. Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990) has been widely condemned over human rights abuses. At the time left wing protest groups in many countries championed the cause of the 'Chilean people' versus the right-wing military junta. The placard in this poster reads 'on these hereditary lands we say no to exploitation.' The bold mask-like faces and the screenprint technique show the influence of Cuban revolutionary posters.
