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Untitled (Bomb Hanoi), 2006. Acrylic & steel. 150 x 150 x 20 cm. approx.
Oversized replica of a common American Pro-Vietnam War propaganda item from the late 60’s.
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Mexican Curios, 2002. Vinyl on canvas. 300 x 120 cm.
All-purpose hand painted sign. For use at openings, round tables, conferences and presentations, placed outside the venue where the event is taking place. Literal translation: “Today, Mexican art dresses for party.”
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Mexican Curios (installation view), 2002. Vinyl on canvas. 300 x 120 cm.
All-purpose hand painted sign. For use at openings, round tables, conferences and presentations, placed outside the venue where the event is taking place. Literal translation: “Today, Mexican art dresses for party.”
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Acapulco Golden (film still), 2004. Super 16 mm film, color, 12' 15".
Gore comedy. A high-school student discovers that his mother just got a life insurance plan for a healthy amount of money. He and his gay lover conceive a plan to cash the policy and escape together to Acapulco, but it turns out not to be as easy as they thought, as the mother proves quite reluctant to die. Based on a real-life assassination that took place in Mexico City.
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Acapulco Golden (film still), 2004. Super 16 mm film, color, 12' 15".
Gore comedy. A high-school student discovers that his mother just got a life insurance plan for a healthy amount of money. He and his gay lover conceive a plan to cash the policy and escape together to Acapulco, but it turns out not to be as easy as they thought, as the mother proves quite reluctant to die. Based on a real-life assassination that took place in Mexico City.
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Acapulco Golden (film still), 2004. Super 16 mm film, color, 12' 15".
Gore comedy. A high-school student discovers that his mother just got a life insurance plan for a healthy amount of money. He and his gay lover conceive a plan to cash the policy and escape together to Acapulco, but it turns out not to be as easy as they thought, as the mother proves quite reluctant to die. Based on a real-life assassination that took place in Mexico City.
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Acapulco Golden (film still), 2004. Super 16 mm film, color, 12' 15".
Gore comedy. A high-school student discovers that his mother just got a life insurance plan for a healthy amount of money. He and his gay lover conceive a plan to cash the policy and escape together to Acapulco, but it turns out not to be as easy as they thought, as the mother proves quite reluctant to die. Based on a real-life assassination that took place in Mexico City.
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Untitled (Flags of our Fathers, Anarchy - US Army), 2008-09. Hand-sewn fabric, variable dimensions.
Work in progress consisting on the display of various flag patterns of variable dimensions. These flags are the result of a rigorous investigation on the heraldic elements that conform the identities of an assortment of radical groups, ranging from the extreme right-wing to violent leftist organizations; color patterns of the flags in which the US has exerted open or veiled military influence were also integrated to the various designs of the works conforming the series.
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Untitled (Flags of our Fathers, Confederacy - Angola), 2008-09. Hand-sewn fabric, variable dimensions.
Work in progress consisting on the display of various flag patterns of variable dimensions. These flags are the result of a rigorous investigation on the heraldic elements that conform the identities of an assortment of radical groups, ranging from the extreme right-wing to violent leftist organizations; color patterns of the flags in which the US has exerted open or veiled military influence were also integrated to the various designs of the works conforming the series.
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Untitled (Flags of our Fathers, Nicaragua - Palestine), 2008-09. Hand-sewn fabric, variable dimensions.
Work in progress consisting on the display of various flag patterns of variable dimensions. These flags are the result of a rigorous investigation on the heraldic elements that conform the identities of an assortment of radical groups, ranging from the extreme right-wing to violent leftist organizations; color patterns of the flags in which the US has exerted open or veiled military influence were also integrated to the various designs of the works conforming the series.
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Cuauhtemoc Buddha, 2006. Polyester resin, approx. 22 x 16 x 14 cm.
In collaboration with Renato Garza. Resin Buddha sculpture of Mexican art critic and historian Cuauhtemoc Medina.
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Cuauhtemoc Buddha, 2006. Polyester resin, approx. 22 x 16 x 14 cm.
In collaboration with Renato Garza. Resin Buddha sculpture of Mexican art critic and historian Cuauhtemoc Medina.
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Untitled (Feelings), 2007. Wood, polyester resin, velvet and gold-plated brass. 32 x 19 x 19 cm. approx.
Fully-functional music box with a resin-cast spinning Basque separatist figure, dancing to the tune of ‘Feelings’ by Morris Albert.
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Untitled (Feelings), 2007. Wood, polyester resin, velvet and gold-plated brass. 32 x 19 x 19 cm. approx.
Fully-functional music box with a resin-cast spinning Basque separatist figure, dancing to the tune of ‘Feelings’ by Morris Albert.
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Untitled (Feelings), 2007. Wood, polyester resin, velvet and gold-plated brass. 32 x 19 x 19 cm. approx.
Fully-functional music box with a resin-cast spinning Basque separatist figure, dancing to the tune of ‘Feelings’ by Morris Albert.
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Untitled (The Brave and The Free), 2008. Acrylic on cardboard, variable dimensions.
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Glorified Beaner, 2008. Custom-made button. 2.6 cm approx.
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Untitled (Fig. 40), 2007. Postcard, 18 x 13 cm approx.
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Untitled (Free Tibet), 2009. Polyester, 152 x 91cm approx.
Polyester flag intervened with cigarette burns in allusion to the chinese occupation of Tibetan territory since 1951.
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I Heart Bumper Stickers, 2004. Sticker series.
A collection of bumper stickers alluding to the most notorious dictators and tyrants of the 20th century.
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Annihilation, video, 4’, 2007.
Text-based video displaying the results of a research of synonymic derivatives of the word ‘annihilation’, presented in the form of scrolling text in variable speed and direction.
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Annihilation, 2007. Video, 4’.
Text-based video displaying the results of a research of synonymic derivatives of the word ‘annihilation’, presented in the form of scrolling text in variable speed and direction.
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Annihilation, 2007. Video, 4’.
Text-based video displaying the results of a research of synonymic derivatives of the word ‘annihilation’, presented in the form of scrolling text in variable speed and direction.
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Hangover (video still), 2003. Video.
Video documenting an action in which the artist broke a bottle of wine he just drank on the head of the first person who walks near where he is standing.
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Hangover (video still), 2003. Video.
Video documenting an action in which the artist broke a bottle of wine he just drank on the head of the first person who walks near where he is standing.
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Hangover (video still), 2003. Video.
Video documenting an action in which the artist broke a bottle of wine he just drank on the head of the first person who walks near where he is standing.
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Los Dos Gabrieles, 2005. Mixed media. 45x45 cm. approx.
Intervened print of Frida Kahlo’s "The two Fridas", substituting Kahlo’s self-portraits with Gabriel Orozco’s face.
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Orozco to The People / Cheap Prints on Demand, 2003. 35 mm slide. 5 x 5 cm.
Original slide stolen directly from leading Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco. The artist produces and sells prints of the slide on demand. The price asked for the artwork is strictly the regular asking price of a mini-lab print. The buyer is informed he’s acquiring an illegitimate copy of a legit Orozco.
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Madre Teresa, 2005. Mixed media, variable dimensions.
In collaboration with Mauricio Limón. Piñata stuffed with plush hearts.
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McLuhan, 2003. Acrylic lightbox. 70x70x25 cm.
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Untitled (Nitroglycerine), 2007. Hand-woven tapestry, 100% wool, 3 x 2 m. approx.
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Pride (Green), 2003. Mixed media. Variable dimensions.
Site-specific installation. 100 rainbow-colored soap bars labeled ‘pride’ displayed on the gallery’s floor. Produced specifically for a sexual-diversity themed show.
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Untitled (Tokyo or Bust!), 2006. Steel and polyester. 200x190x90 cm. approx.
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Untitled (Tokyo or Bust!), 2006. Steel and polyester. 200x190x90 cm. approx.
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Untitled (Tokyo or Bust!), 2006. Steel and polyester. 200x190x90 cm. approx.
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Hey, America..., 2009. Hand-woven tapestry, 100% wool. 2 x 2 m. approx.
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Untitled (Instant Shaheed), 2006. Screen-printed t-shirt, 80 x 70 cm. approx.
Open edition of screen-printed t-shirts with an illustration depicting a bomb belt frequently used in terrorist attacks in the Middle East.
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The Inaugural Address, 2009. Mixed media. 18 x 10 x 23 cm approx.
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The Battle of Hamburger Hill, 2008. Mixed media, 65x40x40 cm approx.
Mixed media sculpture alluding to the infamous battle of Hamburger Hill, that took place during the Vietnam War.
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Vulnerable (video still), 2006. Video, 6’40”.
Text-based video identifying vulnerable points of the human body, along with detailed instructions on how to deliver an effective attack, disclosed from military techniques currently in use.
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Vulnerable (video still), 2006. Video, 6’40”.
Text-based video identifying vulnerable points of the human body, along with detailed instructions on how to deliver an effective attack, disclosed from military techniques currently in use.
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Vulnerable (video still), 2006. Video, 6’40”.
Text-based video identifying vulnerable points of the human body, along with detailed instructions on how to deliver an effective attack, disclosed from military techniques currently in use.
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Untitled (White Dove), 2008. Taxidermal dove, hand grenade, and safety pin. Variable dimensions.
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Untitled (White Dove, detail), 2008. Taxidermal dove, hand grenade, and safety pin. Variable dimensions.
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Untitled (White Dove, detail), 2008. Taxidermal dove, hand grenade, and safety pin. Variable dimensions.
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Welcome Back Paisano, 2002. Mixed media, 130 x 95 cm.
Mexican flags affixed to the exhibition space’s entrances as welcome mats. Completed with an action in which a norteño dances mexican folk music using the flags as dance floor.
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Someone Else’s Doc Martens (video still), 2002. Action and documentation.
Action in which the artist and some colleagues stole a pair of black Doc Martens from a passerby in Mexico City, identical to those worn by the artist at the time of the robbery. The act was registered in photography and video.
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Someone Else’s Doc Martens (video still), 2002. Action and documentation.
Action in which the artist and some colleagues stole a pair of black Doc Martens from a passerby in Mexico City, identical to those worn by the artist at the time of the robbery. The act was registered in photography and video.
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Someone Else’s Doc Martens (video still), 2002. Action and documentation.
Action in which the artist and some colleagues stole a pair of black Doc Martens from a passerby in Mexico City, identical to those worn by the artist at the time of the robbery. The act was registered in photography and video.
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Someone Else’s Doc Martens (video still), 2002. Action and documentation.
Action in which the artist and some colleagues stole a pair of black Doc Martens from a passerby in Mexico City, identical to those worn by the artist at the time of the robbery. The act was registered in photography and video.
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100 years of light, 2003. Vinyl on wall, 500 x 160 cm.
Site-specific installation, produced during the year-long homage for Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo’s centennial. Five-meter long vinyl reading ‘Manuel Alvarez Bravo es puto’. The piece was censored. Translated text: “Manuel Alvarez Bravo is queer.” Text in red: “Due to this piece’s critical nature, the full exhibition of it was made impossible by the institution displaying this work.”
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100 years of light (detail), 2003. Vinyl on wall, 500 x 160 cm.
Site-specific installation, produced during the year-long homage for Mexican photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo’s centennial. Five-meter long vinyl reading ‘Manuel Alvarez Bravo es puto’. The piece was censored.
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