• Alfredo Jaar, I can’t go on, I’ll go on
  • I can't go on, I'll go on
  • Alfredo Jaar, I can’t go on, I’ll go on

Alfredo Jaar

“I can't go on, I'll go on”

(SKU. 4402)

  • Date

    2016

  • Technique

    neon

  • Dimensions

    (H x W x D) 50 x 50 x 4 cm

  • Edition

    36 + 6 AP

  • Comes with certificate of authenticity

“The neon sign ' I can't go on. I'll go on' can be seen as a tribute to all Latin Americans who face a difficult reality in their country and have no possibility – or desire – to move.
'I can't go on' reflects people who are fed up with the hardships they face in the country they live in. Be they financial, political or ideological. 'I'll go on' reflects these same dissatisfied people, who gather strength to keep fighting, and not move.” Alfredo Jaar

The phrase is based on a text written by Samuel Beckett, an Irish writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Biography

Alfredo Jaar - Carbono Galeria

Alfredo Jaar

b. 1956, Santiago, Chile | Lives and works in New York, USA.

Chilean artist based in New York, Alfredo Jaar uses photography, installation, filming and performance to explore issues such as genocide, epidemic crises, political and financial crises, etc.

His work emphasizes the imbalance of power between developed and underdeveloped countries. One of his major works is A Logo for America, presented by the artist in 1987 and 2014, which questions the monopolization of power by the United States in the rest of the world.

His work has been exhibited at the Biennales of Venice (1986, 2007, 2009, 2013), São Paulo (1985, 1987, 2010), Sydney (1990), Istanbul (1995) and Kassel (1987, 2002). He has made over 60 public interventions – sculptures and performances – around the world. Among his most recent exhibitions are: "Alfredo Jaar: (Kindness) of (Strangers)", Galerie Thomas Schulte in Berlin; "Nous l'avons tant aimée, la revolution", [MAC] Musée d'Art Contemporain in Marseille; "Alfredo Jaar: Gold in the Morning" at Galeria Luisa Strina in São Paulo and "Alfredo Jaar: Shadows" at Galerie Lelong in New York.

His work is in important institutional collections, such as: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Guggenheim, in New York; the MCA in Chicago; MOCA and LACMA in Los Angeles; Tate Gallery in London; the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris; among others.

Representative galleries

Luisa Strina Gallery , Sao Paulo

Galerie Lelong , New York, USA

Oliva Arauna Gallery , Madrid, Spain

Galleria Lia Rumma , Naples, Italy

Galerie Thomas Schulte , Berlin, Germany

Galerie Kamel Mennour , Paris, France

Kenji Taki Gallery , Tokyo, Japan

Goodman Gallery , Johannesburg , South Africa

Destaques da carreira

  • "The Geometry of Conscience" | 2010 | Museo de la Memoria y de los Derechos Humanos, Santiago do Chile
  • "The Sound of Silence" | 2006 | Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Cape Town
  • "Skoghall Kunsthall" | 2000 | Pubic intervention, New York
  • "Lament of the Images" | 2002 | Galerie Lelong, New York
  • "A Logo for America" | 1987 | intervenção pública na Times Square em Nova York