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Feliciano Centurión's Abrigo: An Ode to Free Expression

By Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro

The Argentine artist who shared his voice over cloth, and freedom.

This article is adapted from AQ's special report on migration

When Argentina’s military junta finally ceded power in 1983, the country’s art world — like much of society — was transformed by a newfound sense of openness. For the first time in a generation, the right to one’s own identity and sexuality became a more urgent cause for young artists than denouncing crimes of the state. For the avant-garde painters, sculptors, musicians and others who came of age at this time, affection and free expression...

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