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The Adventures of the Modernist Cannibals (Les Aventures des Cannibales Modernistes)

1999

Enrique Chagoya

(American, b. 1953)
published by

Shark's Ink

printed by

Shark's Ink

Culture
America
Medium
Accordion-folded book with eight lithograph and woodcut with chine collé panels
Support
Handmade ivory Papel de Amate paper with white Thai Mulberry chine collé
Measurements
Each page: 19 x 29.3 cm (7 1/2 x 11 9/16 in.); Overall: 19.2 x 235.1 cm (7 9/16 x 92 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2018.17
Edition
t/p 1/1
Copyright
© Enrique Chagoya
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
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Description

Enrique Chagoya modeled Les Aventures des Cannibales Modernistes on the format of a pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican codex. By altering, combining, and juxtaposing images from diverse sources, Chagoya presents cultural and religious icons in contradictory and unexpected contexts, thus disrupting a linear view of history. In this topsy-turvy world, Mexican stereotypes play dominant roles, complicating the idea of European political and artistic supremacy.

The Adventures of the Modernist Cannibals (Les Aventures des Cannibales Modernistes)

1999

Enrique Chagoya, Shark's Ink, Shark's Ink

(American, b. 1953)
America

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