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Jesus Barraza, Dignidad Rebelde
born El Paso, Texas 1976
Nancypili Hernandez
born San Francisco, California 1980
Indian Land
2010
screenprint on paper
Joining a long line of artists across the Americas who question the political perspectives transmitted in maps, Barraza and Hernandez create an alternative rendering of the Western Hemisphere. Their one-color silhouette of the Americas erases national borders and emphasizes the foundational common denominator of the region: indigeneity.
Museum purchase through the Samuel and Blanche Koffler Acquisition Fund, 2020.39.7 |