Date of Award
Fall 12-21-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Harper Montgomery
Second Advisor
Lynda Klich
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
This thesis foregrounds the methodology of humor and play employed by Chilean artists during the late 1970s and early 1980s. I argue that, through comic relief, collaborative practice, and melodrama, artists from different fields worked together in Santiago to reimagine the relationship between intellectuals and the public sphere and criticize the Pinochet regime.
Recommended Citation
Solimano, Paula, "An Epic (Fail): Humor, Play, and Politics in Chilean Contemporary Art from the Early 1980s" (2022). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/984