Untitled

Untitled

León Ferrari

1996

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This image shows a messy, chaotic scene with lots of naked people tangled together. Some are twisted up, others are reaching out, and the whole thing looks like a struggle. In the middle, there’s a white box with a sign that says *Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada*—it looks like a building with pillars, but it’s blocking the action behind it. The sign is the odd part. It’s not part of the original painting but added later. The artist used a photocopy of a real place known for dark history. Look up León Ferrari next to see how he used art to challenge power.

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