Cien Años De Soledad (No Realmente)

Alfredo Jaar
Cien Años De Soledad (No Realmente), 1985
Neon
Work: 41 x 168 x 5 cm

Neon - Edition of 3 + 3 AP's The work takes its name from the best known novel by the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez. The story explores the inevitable repetition of history, something Jaar says he has witnessed too frequently around the world. The Nixon administration’s financing of the Chilean coup is one example of how the United States dominates world politics and continuously interferes in Latin American affairs. The work's main title is ironically completed by No realmente (“Not really”).