‘They are topics that society doesn’t look at, and my intention is to encourage people to dare to look.’ – Paz Errázuriz
This landmark exhibition at MK Gallery (Milton Keynes England) presents 171 photographs by Paz Errázuriz and provides visitors with a unique insight into thr Chilean society through a historical era of immense change
After studying at the Cambridge Institute of Education in the UK, Errázuriz taught herself to use a camera before emerging as a pivotal artist during the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile (1973–1990).
In violation of her country’s military regime, and often in direct defiance of strict censorship laws,Errázuriz travelled widely to fearlessly document the lives of overlooked communities, including women, indigenous groups and people pushed to the margins of society, such as sex workers, trans communities, psychiatric patients and political dissidents.
The exhibition features some of her most iconic series, including La Manzana de Adán (Adam’s Apple), which portrays the lives of Chilean LGBTQIA+ people, sex workers in the 1980s, and Antesala de un Desnudo (Antechamber of a Nude),a haunting series that captures the conditions of psychiatric patients in long-term care.
Exhibition organised by Fundación MAPFRE in collaboration with MK Gallery.
Paz Errázuriz : Dare to Look
Until October 5, 2025
MK Gallery
900 Midsummer Blvd
Milton Keynes, MK9 3QA
https://mkgallery.org/
