“THE TRANSITION FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY CORRESPONDS TO THE IMAGE THAT DISAPPEARS IN THE PRINTMAKING PROCESSES (ETCHING) AND THEN REAPPEARS (PRINTED ON THE PAPER). MY WORK CALLS TO THE NEED FOR A SEARCH FOR JUSTICE AND TRUTH, WHICH BY NO MEANS IS FINITE OR TERMINAL, BUT RATHER AN INITIATIVE THAT EXISTS IN AND WITH TIME."
THE RIGHT TO KNOW, 2017
Edition: +/- 25
Medium: paintings with charcoal, copper box and lid, engraving title, metal hand set type fabric
Dimensions: 5 x 7 x 3 in closed / open to varied dimensions
Collections: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN ; Stanford, CA ; Library of Congress, Washington DC ; Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Room ; Center for Book Arts, NYC ; University of Delaware Library ; Wesleyan University, Olin Library, private collectors.
"Make the economy scream" is an art work based on the declassified document originally crrated in 1970 and titled "Meeting with the President". The document was recently released by the National Security Archive of Chile with other materials from the the Chile Project of the Nixon administration as lead by renowned war criminal Henry Kissinger. It main objective was to overthrow the democratically elected government of socialist President Salvador Allende in order to protect American commercial interests. Three years after this document was created a military operation planned in conjunction between the CIA, and orchestrated by Kissinger, and Augusto Pinochet provoked the depreciation of the copper market and thus weakening the country's economy, as well as providing Kissinger and Pinochet ample coverage to commit numerous crimes against humanity. Portraits of some Chilean victims mirror the current status of people of color in the United States under the racist Trump regime.
Exhibited at:
The Print Center, Solo show, Philadelphia, PA, 2023
Lipani Gallery, Fordham University, Solo show, NYC, 2023
Watkinson Library, Solo showTrinity College, Hartford, CT, 2023
Galeria Animal, Solo show, Santiago, Chile, 2019
BRIC Arts Media, Solo show, Brooklyn, NY, 2017
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, 2017