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Subcomandante Marcos, 2021
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El Santo, 2021
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Chalino Sanchez, 2021
¡HEROES! is a series of self-portrait photographs reflecting the experience of constructing a unique artistic identity as a first generation Mexican-American while navigating a pop-cultural canon dominated by the influence of mostly straight, white men. By appropriating the imagery that covered the walls of my adolescent bedroom and through the use of costume, I am able to assume the identity of both the white, male icons I admired—to the point of idolatry— and the pop-cultural figures of my immigrant parents’ upbringing. This process allows me to rediscover and the explore the Mexican & Salvadoran cultural legacies I deprived myself of through assimilation and begin my journey of decolonizing the imagination.
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John Mayer, 2021
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David Foster Wallace, 2021
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Thomas Jefferson, 2020
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Kurt Cobain, 2019
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John Lennon, 2019
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Andy Warhol, 2019
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Bod Dylan, 2019
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Morrissey, 2019