A violência de gênero na obra de três artistas latino-americanas:

Doris Salcedo, Teresa Margolles e Regina José Galindo

Abstract

Gender violence occupies a central place in the perpetration of political violence. In the contexts of armed conflicts and civil wars in Latin America, the daily violence suffered by women reaches even higher levels, and class and ethnic-racial perspectives play an important role in overlapping violence. The aim of this article is to analyze how three Latin American artists (Doris Salcedo, Teresa Margolles and Regina José Galindo) mobilize the relationship between memory, gender and violence from the different contexts of their countries (respectively, Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala). The analysis of selected works by these artists starts with a reflection on themes such as forced disappearance and social disappearance, the importance of testimonies and the participation of victims in the process of making the works.