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I conclude this series of
paintings with a critical look toward the construction of
cultural identity. This study goes from popular culture --
from calendars with images from the 30s and 40s, to Mexican
film -- and to the most ancient symbols we know: prehispanic
images.
Using styles taken from advertising, my paintings recycle
images which expose a fiction, a search for a lost identity
in the symbols which have permeated mass media -- to make an
impression?
Popular culture appropriates the past; a Chaac-Mool
advertises package tours in Cancun and life insurance in
Mexico City.
HELP !!
Acapulco, Mexico - January, 1995
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