Title:
Not Cristo
Creator/Contributor:
Avalos, David, Artist
Date:
ca. 1986
Subject:
Art - Exhibitions
border art
Chicano art
Chicanos
Installations (Art)
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Jesus Christ in art
Immigration
Collage
mixed media
Newspapers in art
Mexican American Border Region
Violence
San Diego (Calif.)
Note:
Photo of David Avalos installation from an unknown exhibition featuring a collage beneath the crossed-out word 'Cristo'.
The area surrounding the collage and text is smeared with red paint resembling blood. Text on either side of the collage
reads, "Christ is the perfect victim you can abuse him all you want and he will still forgive you... Cristo goes both ways
at the border and thus becomes meaningful as a symbol for social and political change." The collage features images of Christ,
Immigration Commisioner Leonel Castillo, and the text "A Shephard Policeman". On either side of the area smeared with blood
are reproductions from a newspaper article titled " Boy finds scars of shooting burn deep in his mind."
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Type:
35mm slide
Language:
English
Identifier:
CEMA 12
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