[no title] Possibly 1976 - 2007

Curator: This work by León Ferrari presents a stark image: a seemingly unadorned newspaper clipping. What strikes you about it? Editor: Well, it's just a newspaper page, right? The headlines talk about refugees and expulsions... It feels like a document, something factual, but also unsettling because it's in a gallery. What am I missing? Curator: Consider the context of its creation. Ferrari was Argentinian, living through a brutal dictatorship. What does it mean to elevate this news, these acts of displacement, into art? How does it become a form of resistance? Editor: So, it's not just about the facts, but the act of paying attention, of framing the suffering that was happening then... of giving a voice to those who were silenced? Curator: Precisely. Ferrari uses the language of authority – the newspaper – to expose the very injustices that authority was perpetrating. The numbers become a haunting litany. How does seeing it this way change your understanding? Editor: It makes it more powerful. It's not just information; it's a testament, a reminder of the human cost of political oppression. Thank you.