Name: Roberto Plate in "Experiencias 68"

Date: 1951 - 1975

Location: South America

SubjectPolitical/Economic/Social Opinion

MediumDesign


Artist: Roberto Plate

Confronting Bodies: Instituto Di Tella/police officials

Date of Action: May 1968

Specific 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.

Description of 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 The censorship was not repealed and the exhibition was closed.

Source: Leon Ferrari

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