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Alfredo Jaar — Embrace
Alfredo Jaar

Embrace

1996

"Embrace" by Alfredo Jaar is a large scale installation featuring two monumental hands meeting in a gesture of connection and solidarity. The work, created in the early 2000s, employs Jaar's characteristic use of light and scale to address themes of human connection and social responsibility. The sculpture invites viewers to contemplate universal values of compassion and unity through its formal simplicity and emotional resonance.

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Alfredo Jaar, Embrace, 1996

"Embrace" by Alfredo Jaar is a large scale installation featuring two monumental hands meeting in a gesture of connection and solidarity. The work, created in the early 2000s, employs Jaar's characteristic use of light and scale to address themes of human connection and social responsibility. The sculpture invites viewers to contemplate universal values of compassion and unity through its formal simplicity and emotional resonance.

Year
1996
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Chilean Artist, Political Activism, Human Connection, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Melancholic, Social Commentary, Photography and Installation, Contemporary Art, 20th-21st Century

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