Experiencias 68 (Argentina)

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Date: 1951 - 1975 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Region: 1976 - 1984 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Medium: Design [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]


Artist: Roberto Plate

Confronting Bodies: Instituto Di Tella/police officials

Dates of Action: May 1968

Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Description of Artwork: Plate is a graphic designer, adament about the fact that he does not create work to provoke a response from viewers. He claims, however, that the work he contributed to the "Experiencias 68" exhibition expressed the feelings of the masses.

The Incident: In May 1968, in the group exhibition "Experiencias 68", at the Instituto Di Tella, the above mentioned work by Roberto Plate was censored by police officials.

Results of Incident: Other artists, outraged by the censorship of Plate's work, removed their contributions to the exhibition. A protest was started, with the artists throwing their work in the middle of the street. The censorship was not repealed and the exhibition was closed.

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