Artist Biography:
Alfredo Jaar (Chilean, b. 1956) is an artist, architect and filmmaker whose work for the past two decades has explored the public’s desensitization to images and the limitations of art to represent events such as genocides, epidemics, and famines. Widely known for his work in the aftermath of the Rwandan Genocide, Jaar has a lifelong commitment to Africa and has concentrated his work on the people, places and issues that constitute the continent. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the Venice, Istanbul and São Paulo Biennials, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, Whitechapel Gallery and the MIT List Visual Arts Center.

About the Work:
Jaar's film Muxima, meaning heart in Kimbundu, is a melancholic lament, dedicated to the people of Angola. Divided into ten Cantos, or extended meditations, Jaar's film is beautifully and richly guided rhythmically and conceptually by the five different folk versions of the song titled Muxima. This film still, mounted on plexi, is partnered with a black opposite, perhaps is a representation of the re-occurring blind spot the world has to the oil economy and extreme poverty of Angola.

Market Information:
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