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‘Iván Navarro: Light, Power and Memory’

‘Iván Navarro: Light, Power and Memory’ Image: National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

Iván Navarro was born in 1972 in Santiago, Chile, and is currently based in New York.

He grew up in Chile during the period of military dictatorship, drawing on memories of oppression and control in his work.

Navarro has used electricity and light as symbols of dictatorship, power, anxiety and violence.

His installations primarily use light, mirrors and neon.

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