Ensayos sobre artes visuales

This second volume of the series is the outcome of the Segundo Concurso de Ensayos de Investigación (Second Contest of Research Essays) , organized by the Centro de Documentación Artes Visuales of the Centro Cultural La Moneda. On this occasion, the three selected essays deal with the history and legacy of the "Taller de Artes Visuales" (TAV). The first essay revises the production, distribution and reflection of the graphic arts in Chile during the dictatorship military regime and the role of TAV between 1974 and 1987. A second text analyses the photographic catalogue of the work of Juan Pablo Langlois Vicuña from historical accounts of the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Museum of Fine Arts). A third work studies the editorial production of the second half of the 1970's, in particular the books "Cuerpo Correccional" and "Del espacio de acá en 1980". The three studies question the limits and absorption of the official discourses of art in Chile during the two decades of the regime.