Artworks · Luis Camnitzer

Memorial

2009 · Portfolio of 195 digital prints

each: 13 x 10 3/4" (framed)

Museum of Modern Art

They Worked through the Night, plate one from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image/plate: 24.7 × 29 cm (9 3/4 × 11 7/16 in.); Sheet: 75.2 × 55 cm (29 5/8 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate 35 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from four plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 29.4 × 24.1 cm (11 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.); Plate: 29.9 × 24.9 cm (11 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.5 cm (29 9/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate 33 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photo-etching in black on ivory wove paper

Plate: 29.9 × 25 cm (11 13/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.3 cm (29 9/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate 32 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from four plates on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image/plate/primary support: 25 × 30 cm (9 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Secondary support: 75 × 55.2 cm (29 9/16 × 21 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

I Was Unable To, plate 34 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from four plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 19.1 × 29.1 cm (7 9/16 × 11 1/2 in.); Plate: 19.5 × 29.6 cm (7 11/16 × 11 11/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.5 cm (29 9/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sense of Order Was Seeping Away, plate 31 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 24 × 28.6 cm (9 1/2 × 11 5/16 in.); Plate: 24.9 × 29.8 cm (9 13/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 75.2 × 56 cm (29 5/8 × 22 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Wrapped it with Reverence Envisioning His Escape, plate 30 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 23.4 × 28.9 cm (9 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.); Plate: 24.2 × 29.8 cm (9 9/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 74.8 × 55 cm (29 1/2 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He was Losing His Will to Clarify, plate 26 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 29.2 × 24 cm (11 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.); Plate: 29.7 × 24.5 cm (11 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 75.2 × 55.6 cm (29 5/8 × 21 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Couldn't Feel What He Saw nor Could He See What He Felt, plate 27 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 24 × 28.5 cm (9 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.); Plate: 24.7 × 29.1 cm (9 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.); Sheet: 75.6 × 55.3 cm (29 13/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Tried to Count the Stars, plate 28 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 22.2 × 29 cm (8 3/4 × 11 7/16 in.); Plate: 23.1 × 29.8 cm (9 1/8 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55 cm (29 9/16 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Mailed His Letter Through a Makeshift Slot, plate 29, from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.1 × 28.8 cm (9 1/2 × 11 3/8 in.); Plate: 25 × 29.8 cm (9 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 75.1 × 55.1 cm (29 5/8 × 21 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Damage Appeased Him, plate 25 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.3 × 29.2 cm (9 5/8 × 11 1/2 in.); Plate: 25 × 30 cm (9 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55 cm (29 9/16 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

After the Shadow Passed He Would Feed Them, plate 22 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from four plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 29.5 × 23.9 cm (11 5/8 × 9 7/16 in.); Plate: 30 × 24.7 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Sheet: 75 × 54.7 cm (29 9/16 × 21 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Measuring Helped Him Appropriate the Space, plate nineteen from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.1 × 29.2 cm (9 1/2 × 11 1/2 in.); Plate: 25 × 30 cm (9 7/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.5 cm (29 9/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Touch Reclaimed Spent Tenderness, plate 23 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 20.8 × 29.1 cm (8 1/4 × 11 1/2 in.); Plate: 21.4 × 29.6 cm (8 7/16 × 11 11/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.3 cm (29 9/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Brand Perforated His Sleep, plate 24 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from four plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 29.1 × 23 cm (11 1/2 × 9 1/16 in.); Plate: 29.9 × 23.7 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Sheet: 74.7 × 54.9 cm (29 7/16 × 21 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Straddling Echoed in His Dream, plate twenty from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 29.8 × 24 cm (11 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.); Plate: 30.1 × 24.9 cm (11 7/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.3 cm (29 9/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Worked with Forbidden Symbols, plate 21 from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 24.1 × 29 cm (9 1/2 × 11 7/16 in.); Plate: 24.8 × 30 cm (9 13/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55 cm (29 9/16 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

His Breath Came through the Roots of His Hair, plate sixteen from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 29.6 × 24 cm (11 11/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Plate: 30.1 × 24.5 cm (11 7/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.2 cm (29 9/16 × 21 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Vacancy was Effectively Concealed, plate fourteen from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 23.2 × 28.5 cm (9 3/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Plate: 24 × 29.5 cm (9 1/2 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 75.1 × 55.5 cm (29 5/8 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Feared Thirst, plate eighteen from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 29.7 × 24 cm (11 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.); Plate: 30 × 24.7 cm (11 13/16 × 9 3/4 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.5 cm (29 9/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He was Known Becuase of His Precision, plate eleven from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 24 × 29.5 cm (9 1/2 × 11 5/8 in.); Plate: 24.7 × 30 cm (9 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.2 cm (29 9/16 × 21 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Tool Pleased Him, plate twelve from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 23.5 × 29 cm (9 5/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Plate: 24.6 × 30 cm (9 11/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.2 cm (29 9/16 × 21 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Time Thickened in His Veins, plate thirteen from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 23.6 × 29.3 cm (9 5/16 × 11 9/16 in.); Plate: 24.4 × 29.9 cm (9 5/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 54.7 cm (29 9/16 × 21 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Instrument was Explained in Detail, plate fifteen from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 23 × 29 cm (9 1/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Plate: 24 × 30 cm (9 1/2 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.8 cm (29 9/16 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Recoiled Unmarked, plate ten from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 23.8 × 29.5 cm (9 3/8 × 11 5/8 in.); Plate: 24.6 × 30 cm (9 11/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.5 cm (29 9/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Coffee was Cold, plate four from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image/plate: 24.5 × 29.5 cm (9 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Sheet: 74.9 × 55.3 cm (29 1/2 × 21 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Weight Drove His Pulse into the Wall, plate six from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 28.6 × 24 cm (11 5/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Plate: 29.6 × 25 cm (11 11/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55 cm (29 9/16 × 21 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Peeking Became His Craft for Rendering Place, plate nine from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 23.5 × 28.8 cm (9 5/16 × 11 3/8 in.); Plate: 24.2 × 29 cm (9 9/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.3 cm (29 9/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

His Knee had Recorded Each Step, plate seven from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 28.5 × 24 cm (11 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.); Plate: 29.3 × 24.8 cm (11 9/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.5 cm (29 9/16 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Her Fragrance Lingered On, plate eight from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 23.5 × 29 cm (9 5/16 × 11 7/16 in.); Plate: 24.2 × 30 cm (9 9/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 75.2 × 55.5 cm (29 5/8 × 21 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

He Practiced Everyday, plate two from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 21.7 × 28.8 cm (8 9/16 × 11 3/8 in.); Plate: 22.7 × 29.8 cm (8 15/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 75 × 54.7 cm (29 9/16 × 21 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Memory Spurted Against His Silence, plate five from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper (chine collé)

Image/plate/primary support: 24.5 × 29.5 cm (9 11/16 × 11 5/8 in.); Secondary support: 75 × 55.3 cm (29 9/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate Three from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from four plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 22.5 × 29.4 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.); Plate: 23.2 × 29.7 cm (9 3/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.4 cm (29 9/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gradually the Time Became a Razor, plate seventeen from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Color photo-etching from five plates on ivory wove paper

Image: 21 × 28.5 cm (8 5/16 × 11 1/4 in.); Plate: 22.4 × 30.2 cm (8 7/8 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 75 × 55.3 cm (29 9/16 × 21 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition: 11 9/16 × 9 7/16" (29.3 × 24 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 21 5/8" (75 × 55 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The coffee was cold from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching with chine collé from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition: 12 11/16 × 11 9/16" (32.3 × 29.3 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 21 11/16" (75 × 55.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

plate: 11 13/16 × 9 13/16" (30 × 25 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 21 3/4" (75 × 55.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

He couldn’t feel what he saw, nor could he see what he felt from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 12 9/16 × 11 1/4" (31.9 × 28.5 cm); sheet: 29 9/16 × 21 11/16" (75.1 × 55.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The touch reclaimed spent tenderness from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 11 1/2 × 11 7/16" (29.2 × 29.1 cm); sheet: 29 5/8 × 21 3/4" (75.2 × 55.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The brand perforated his sleep from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 14 3/4 × 9 1/16" (37.5 × 23 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 21 5/16" (75 × 54.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

He recoiled, unmarked from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 12 1/2 × 11 9/16" (31.7 × 29.3 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 21 11/16" (75 × 55.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The vacancy was effectively concealed from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 12 7/8 × 11 1/4" (32.7 × 28.5 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 21 3/4" (75 × 55.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The instrument was explained in detail from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 12 1/4 × 11 7/16" (31.1 × 29 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 21 3/4" (75 × 55.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The straddling echoed in his dream from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 14 13/16 × 9 7/16" (37.6 × 24 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 21 11/16" (75 × 55.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

After the shadow passed, he would feed them from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 14 7/8 × 9 7/16" (37.8 × 24 cm); sheet: 29 5/8 × 21 11/16" (75.2 × 55.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The damage appeased him from Uruguayan Torture Series

1983 · Photoetching from a series of thirty-five photoetchings, three with chine collé

composition (irreg.): 12 13/16 × 11 7/16" (32.6 × 29 cm); sheet: 29 1/2 × 21 3/4" (75 × 55.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art