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Rodolfo O. Cuellar
born Auburn, California 1950
Selena, A Fallen Angel
1995
screenprint on paper
Museum purchase through the Julia D. Strong Endowment, 2020.36.1
Cuellar's large-scale print depicts singer Selena Quintanilla in 1995, the same year of her tragic murder. The intense public outpouring of grief upon her death revealed the extent to which the bicultural Latina singer had become a role model to a generation of young people across the United States and Latin America. To convey her iconic status, Cuellar monumentalized the cover image of her best-selling album, Amor Prohibido (Forbidden Love; 1994). |