A wildly fragile presence. About “The Coliza Convulsion: Mares of the Apocalypse (1987 - 1997)” by Fernanda Carvajal

Authors

  • Alejandro de la Fuente Universidad de Chile

Abstract

Fernanda Carvajal's publication "La Convulsión Coliza: Yeguas del Apocalipsis (1987 - 1997)" (2023, Editorial Metales Pesados), presents a careful journey through the trajectory of the artistic collective composed of Pedro Lemebel and Francisco "Pancho" Casas who, towards the decline of the Chilean civil-military dictatorship, carried out controversial art actions in public spaces such as the Refoundation of the University of Chile (c. 1988); in cultural spaces such as Las Dos Fridas (1990) at Galería Bucci; of counterculture such as Tiananmen (1989) at Garage Matucana 19; and in political spaces such as The Conquest of America (1989) in the Chilean Human Rights Commission; to mention just a few of the most recognized.

Keywords:

art actions, dictatorship, homosexual collective