Roberto Plate in "Experiencias 68"
- Artist/Author/Producer: Roberto Plate
- Confronting Bodies: Instituto Di Tella/police officials
- Dates of action: May 1968
- Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Description of the Art Work
- 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repealed and the exhibition was closed.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