Airmail Paintings on Duck Fabric, 1998-2011

Eugenio Dittborn, The 27th History of the Human Face (Lejía). Airmail Painting No. 158, 2004, tincture, photosilkscreen, texido, stitching on 16 sections of cotton duck fabric, 420 x 1.260 cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Coudre Provisoirement à Longs Points. Airmail Painting No. 183, 2011, Tincture, photosilkscreen, cotton tissue, stitching on 6 sections of cotton duck fabric, 420 x 420cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Obit. Airmail Painting No. 181, 2011, Tincture, stitching, texido, photosilkscreen on 10 sections of duck fabric, 420 x 700cm

Eugenio Dittborn, The Printed Footprint. Airmail Painting No. 184, 2011, Tincture, sateen polygal, stitching, photosilkscreen on 3 sections of duck fabric, 208 x 416.5cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Three Trees. Airmail Painting No. 179, 2008, Tincture, stitching, embroidery, text, photosilkscreen on 3 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 210cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Where Everything is Twice. Airmail Painting No. 173, 2007, Tincture, stitching, text, photosilkscreen on 4 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 280cm

Eugenio Dittborn, For Details, The Bristles of The Brushes. Airmail Painting No. 176, 2007, Tincture, stitching, embroidery, texido, photosilkscreen on 2 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 280cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Nowhere Else. Airmail Painting No. 177, 2007, Tincture, stitching, embroidery, text, photosilkscreen on 4 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 280cm

Eugenio Dittborn, The 29th History of the Human Face (Sopap.). Airmail Painting No. 168, 2007, Tincture, frotage, text, photosilkscreen on 3 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 210cm

Eugenio Dittborn, The 30th History of the Human Face (Alan 26a). Airmail Painting No. 171, 2007, Tincture, stitching, texido, photosilkscreen on 5 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 350cm

Eugenio Dittborn, The Threads and the Ropes. Airmail Painting No. 172, 2007, Tincture, stitching, embroidery, text, sateen, photosilkscreen on 4 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 280cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Wan Tree, Too (Árbol Pálido, También). Airmail Painting No. 175, 2007, Tincture, stitching, embroidery, text, photosilkscreen on 3 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 244cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Storm Star. Airmail Painting No. 165, 2006, Tincture, sateen, stitching, embroidery, photosilkscreen on 2 sections of cotton duck fabric, 210 x 280cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Espejo Concavo. Airmail Painting No. 166, 2006, Tincture, sateen, stitching, photosilkscreen on 2 sections of cotton duck fabric, 210 x 280cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Ningún. Airmail Painting No. 169, 2004, Tincture, stitching, polygal, photosilkscreen on 2 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 280cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Corche. Airmail Painting No. 163, 2004, Tincture, polygal, sateen, stitching, photosilkscreen on 1 panel of duck fabric, 210 x 240cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Too & To. Airmail Painting No. 152, 2003, Tincture, photosilkscreen, sateen, stitching on 2 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 280cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Heráldica. Airmail Painting No. 156, 2003, Tincture, photosilkscreen, polygal, stitching on 2 sections of duck fabric, 280 x 210cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Pequeña Escala (h.l.p.). Airmail Painting No. 143, 2002, Tincture, photosilkscreen, polygal, sateen, stitching on 1 section of duck fabric, 210 x 140cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Orilla Crusoe (h.l.p.). Airmail Painting No. 144, 2002, Tincture, sateen, stitching, photosilkscreen on 1 section of duck fabric, 210 x 140cm

Eugenio Dittborn, Desierta (h.l.p.). Airmail Painting No. 148, 2002, Tincture, sateen, stitching, photosilkscreen on 1 section of duck fabric, 210 x 140cm

Eugenio Dittborn, The 20th History of the Human Face (el Camino de Jope). Airmail Painting No. 120, 1997, Paint, embroidery, stitching, photosilkscreen on 6 sections of duck fabric, 210 x 840cm

Eugenio Dittborn, The Chinese Worker's Right Arm III. Airmail Painting No. 117, 1995, Paint, stitching, embroidery, photosilkscreen on 2 sections of cotton duck fabric, 210 x 280cm

Eugenio Dittborn, The 21st History of the Human Face (Colophonia). Airmail Painting No. 122, 1998, Paint, stitching, photosilkscreen on 2 sections of cotton duck, 210 x 280cm

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Eugenio Dittborn

**Airmail Paintings on Duck Fabric, 1998-2011**

**Airmail Paintings on non-woven fabric, 1990-2000**

Biography

Eugenio Dittborn lives and works in Santiago de Chile. In 1984, Dittborn began painting on large sheets of paper and fabric that he folded up and sent through the international postal system in large envelopes. These "Airmail Paintings" made it possible for him to nevertheless participate, and uncensored, in the global art scene during the Pinochet dictatorship. This way of working became the core of his practice and a methodical reflection on painting, its circulation, its physical, local and global existence. In doing so, Dittborn early adopted a post- and decolonial perspective, deconstructing the coherence of various canonized narratives such as history, identity, origin, destiny, and the like. Combining symbolic sources of different kinds and times, he creates counter-narratives in which the mourning of death, oppression, and destruction is met with a coquettish humor that creates an irresolvable play of ambivalences. Solo exhibitions include the Museo de Artes Visuales (2010), Institute for Contemporary Art, Lisbon (1998), Museo nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago (1998) as well as numerous gallery presentations. He has paticipated in group exhibitions and Biennials such as the Museum for Contemporary Art, Chicago (2019), Migros Museum for Contemporary Art, Zurich (2016), the 9th Sharjah Art Biennial (2009), the 3rd Kwangju Biennale, Kwangju City (2000), the Documenta IX, Kassel (1992) and many others.

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