Artist

Alfredo Jaar

born Santiago, Chile 1956
Born
Santiago, Chile
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Nationalities
  • American

Videos

Exhibitions

A photograph of a tricycle at a low angle
A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
June 27, 2013January 5, 2014
A Democracy of Images: Photographs from the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates the numerous ways in which photography, from early daguerreotypes to contemporary digital works, has captured the American experience.

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Detail of a quilt featuring images of Martin Luther King Jr.
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