page_title: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
section_title: Works of art
hierarchical_section_title: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel / Works of art
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobelprijswinnaar voor de vrede in 1980 geeft een lezing in de VU in Amsterdam
context_page_description: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel is an Argentine activist, community organizer, painter, writer and sculptor. He was the recipient of the 1980 Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to Argentina's last civil-military dictatorship, during which he was detained, tortured, and held without trial for 14 months; during that period he also received, among other distinctions, the Pope John XXIII Peace Memorial.
context_section_description: Esquivel's work ranges from exhibitions to murals and monuments, including the 15 station Latin American Via Crucis (including a Lenten cloth "A new sky and a new land") made in 1992 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the conquest of America; Monument to Refugees, located in the Headquarters of the UNHCR in Switzerland; the Latin American Peoples Mural in the Cathedral of Riobamba, Ecuador, dedicated to Monsignor Proaño and the indigenous peoples; and a bronze statue in tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Square, in Barcelona.
caption: Adolfo Pérez Esquivel in 1983
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