Much of Eugenio Dittborn's practice is defined by his experience of living under the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973–90). Originally created on brown wrapping paper, and later on fabric, his dissident Airmail Paintings are mailed to their destinations and displayed with their envelopes to record their traveling and exhibition histories. The works, which include an array of materials, address contemporary issues such as the tragedy of the desaparecidos (disappeared ones), the thousands of people that "disappeared" or were "silenced" by Pinochet's security forces. Ilona Katzew, 2008
