| Maker(s): | Chagoya, Enrique; Shark's Ink, Lyons, Colorado (published by)
| | Culture: | American born Mexico (1953 - )
| | Title: | Abenteuer der Kannibalen Bioethicists
| | Date Made: | 2001
| | Type: | Artist's Book; Print
| | Materials: | lithograph and woodcut with black, ochre, blue, yellow, and green ink, chine colle and collage on paper
| | Place Made: | United States; Colorado; shark's ink.
| | Measurements: | closed: 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 in.; 19.05 x 9.525 x 1.27 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | signed, dated and edition number in pencil on left edge last page: Enrique Chagoya '01 26/30
| | Accession Number: | SC 2002.9
| | Credit Line: | Purchased with the Arch W. Shaw Foundation, through the courtesy of Nancy Simonds Shaw, class of 1972, administrator
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
accordion book with images and text
Label Text:
Printed at shark's ink. Edition is 26/30.
The biggest theme throughout this piece is cannibalism. It is used as a metaphor for how dominant cultures borrow pieces of other cultures and rewrite it or take it as their own. One thing to consider when viewing the piece is the possible intention of Enrique Chagoya, the artist, and what his motive was to use this theme as a way of challenging appropriation as well as the art industry as a whole. Think about the use of popular American iconography and how they contrast with the Mayan imagery, and how the two interact together in one piece. It is almost humorous, but it is also disturbing in some ways, especially when the piece ends with danger signs. Amenda Cho, Hampshire College class of 2015. ARH 292: Collecting the Past: Art and Artifacts of the Ancient Americas, 2015.
Additional writing on this object can be found at
Paper + People the Cunningham Center Blog.
Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=SC+2002.9 |
